linux-boot-prober(1) General Commands Manual linux-boot-prober(1)
NAME
linux-boot-prober -- Determine boot characteristics of a specified device.
SYNOPSIS
linux-boot-prober <partition>
DESCRIPTION
The linux-boot-prober utility will try to work out how to boot the linux root partition specified by <partition>. If successful, it will
outoput one or more lines of the form:
<root partition>:<boot partition>:<label>:<kernel path>:<initrd path>:<kernel parameters>
For example, for a system with a kernel at /boot/vmlinuz and an initramfs at /boot/initrd.gz, and with / on /dev/sda2 and /boot on
/dev/sda1, the command "linux-boot-prober /dev/sda1" will display:
/dev/sda2:/dev/sda1:Linux:/vmlinuz:/initrd.gz:root=/dev/sda1
Some partitions will not be displayed by linux-boot-prober. If a partition is mounted on /, /target, or /target/boot, it will be skipped.
SEE ALSO
os-prober(1)
linux-boot-prober 20 Jan 2014 linux-boot-prober(1)
