ELILO(8)                                                      System Manager's Manual                                                     ELILO(8)

NAME

       elilo - install EFI boot loader

SYNOPSIS

       elilo [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents briefly the elilo command, which was written specifically for the Debian distribution to simplify configuring
       and using the elilo.efi bootloader.

       There are two parts to elilo, the bootloader itself and this utility which installs or updates a bootload configuration.

       The primary function of elilo is to copy files necessary  for  booting  Debian  GNU/Linux  from  the  main  filesystem  to  a  subdirectory
       /EFI/debian on the boot partition.  These include elilo.efi, elilo.conf, and the kernel and ramdisk images referenced by elilo.conf.

       In  addition,  elilo can create a default configuration file, /etc/elilo.conf, and can invoke efibootmgr to create an entry in the EFI Boot
       Manager menu such that a system will autoboot in to Debian GNU/Linux on power up.

       elilo requires a couple of extra parameters in elilo.conf that elio.efi does not currently support.  These are needed so that a normal  run
       of elilo with no parameters can find the elilo.efi binary and boot partition in order to rebuild it.  They are:

       install=<path to elilo.efi>
       boot=<boot partition>

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

       -b, --boot
              set bootstrap partition device [ -b /dev/sda1 ]

       -i, --install
              pathname to the actual bootloader binary, default: /usr/{local/}lib/elilo/elilo.efi

       -C, --config
              use alternate configuration file [ -C config_file ]

       --autoconf
              auto-generate  a /etc/elilo.conf.  Typically only used during system installation.  In normal use, an elilo.conf file already exists
              and will not be modified by elilo.

       --efiboot
              elilo auto configuration: create an efi boot manager entry for elilo.  This option requires that  the  efibootmgr  package  also  be
              installed.

       --timeout
              elilo auto configuration: sets the time elilo will wait for user input before booting default image default: 20 (2 seconds)

       --image
              elilo auto configuration: sets the path to the kernel image. default: /vmlinuz

       --label
              elilo auto configuration: sets the image label default: Linux

       --root elilo auto configuration: sets the root device default: /dev/sda3

       --format
              create  a  new  FAT filesystem on the boot partition.  Use this cautiously if you have more than one operating system installed, and
              they may be sharing the same EFI partition!

       -v, --verbose
              make elilo more verbose

       --debug
              print boring junk only useful for debugging

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

FILES

       /etc/elilo.conf
       /usr/lib/elilo/elilo.efi

SEE ALSO

       efibootmgr(8)

       Additional information about elilo is available in the /usr/share/doc/elilo directory.

AUTHOR

       The elilo program and this manual page were written by Richard Hirst <rhirst@linuxcare.com> and Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  as  additions
       to the elilo bootloader package from Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                                                    18 Mar 2002                                                           ELILO(8)