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)
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EFIBOOTMGR(8)EFIBOOTMGR(8)NAME
efibootmgr - manipulate the EFI Boot Manager
SYNOPSIS
efibootmgr [ -a ] [ -A ] [ -b XXXX ] [ -B XXXX ] [ -c ] [ -d DISK ] [ -e 1|3|-1 ] [ -E NUM ] [ -g ] [ -H XXXX ] [ -i NAME ] [ -l NAME ] [
-L LABEL ] [ -n XXXX ] [ -N ] [ -o XXXX,YYYY,ZZZZ ... ] [ -O ] [ -p PART ] [ -q ] [ -t seconds ] [ -T ] [ -u ] [ -U XXXX ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [
-w ] [ -@ file ]
DESCRIPTION
efibootmgr is a userspace application used to modify the Intel Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager. This application can cre-
ate and destroy boot entries, change the boot order, change the next running boot option, and more.
Details on the EFI Boot Manager are available from the EFI Specification, v1.02 or later, available from:
<URL:http://developer.intel.com>
Note: efibootmgr requires that the kernel support access to EFI non-volatile variables (through /proc/efi/vars on 2.4 kernels,
/sys/firmware/efi/vars on 2.6 kernels). modprobe efivars should do the trick.
OPTIONS
The following is a list of options accepted by efibootmgr:
-a | --active
Sets bootnum active
-A | --inactive
Sets bootnum inactive
-b | --bootnum XXXX
Modify BootXXXX (hex)
-B | --delete-bootnum
Delete bootnum (hex)
-c | --create
Create new variable bootnum and add to bootorder
-d | --disk DISK
The disk containing the loader (defaults to /dev/sda)
-e | --edd 1|3|-1
Force EDD 1.0 or 3.0 creation variables, or guess.
-E | --device NUM
EDD 1.0 device number (defaults to 0x80)
-g | --gpt
Force disk with invalid PMBR to be treated as GPT
-H | --acpi_hid XXXX
set the ACPI HID (used with -i)
-i | --iface NAME
create a netboot entry for the named interface
-l | --loader NAME
Specify a loader (defaults to \elilo.efi)
-L | --label LABEL
Boot manager display label (defaults to "Linux")
-n | --bootnext XXXX
Set BootNext to XXXX (hex)
-N | --delete-bootnext
Delete BootNext
-o | --bootorder XXXX,YYYY,ZZZZ
Explicitly set BootOrder (hex)
-O | --delete-bootorder
Delete BootOrder
-p | --part PART
Partition number containing the bootloader (defaults to 1)
-q | --quiet
Quiet mode - supresses output.
--test filename
Don't write to NVRAM, write to filename.
-t | --timeout seconds
Boot Manager timeout, in seconds.
-T | --delete-timeout
Delete Timeout variable.
-u | --unicode | --UCS-2
pass extra command line arguments as UCS-2 (default is ASCII)
-U | --acpi_uid XXXX
set the ACPI UID (used with -i)
-v | --verbose
Verbose mode - prints additional information
-V | --version
Just print version string and exit.
-w | --write-signature
write unique signature to the MBR if needed
-@ | --append-binary-args
append extra variable args from file (use - to read from stdin). Data in file is appended as command line arguments to the boot
loader command, with no modification to the data, so you can pass any binary or text data necessary.
EXAMPLES
1.
DISPLAYING THE CURRENT SETTINGS (MUST BE ROOT).
[root@localhost ~]# efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0004 BootNext: 0003 BootOrder: 0004,0000,0001,0002,0003 Timeout: 30 seconds Boot0000* Diskette
Drive(device:0) Boot0001* CD-ROM Drive(device:FF) Boot0002* Hard Drive(Device:80)/HD(Part1,Sig00112233) Boot0003* PXE Boot:
MAC(00D0B7C15D91) Boot0004* Linux
This shows:
o BootCurrent - the boot entry used to start the currently running system
o BootOrder - the boot order as would appear in the boot manager. The boot manager tries to boot the first active entry in this
list. If unsuccessful, it tries the next entry, and so on.
o BootNext - the boot entry which is scheduled to be run on next boot. This supercedes BootOrder for one boot only, and is deleted
by the boot manager after first use. This allows you to change the next boot behavior without changing BootOrder.
o Timeout - the time in seconds between when the boot manager appears on the screen until when it automatically chooses the startup
value from BootNext or BootOrder.
o Five boot entries (0000 - 0004), along with the active/inactive flag (* means active) and the name displayed on the screen.
2.
CREATING A NEW BOOT OPTION
An OS installer would call efibootmgr -c. This assumes that /boot/efi is your EFI System Partition, and is mounted at /dev/sda1. This
creates a new boot option, called "Linux", and puts it at the top of the boot order list. Options may be passed to modify the default
behavior. The default OS Loader is elilo.efi.
3.
CHANGING THE BOOT ORDER
Assuming the configuration in Example #1, efibootmgr -o 3,4 could be called to specify PXE boot first, then Linux boot.
4.
CHANGING THE BOOT ORDER FOR THE NEXT BOOT ONLY
Assuming the configuration in Example #1, efibootmgr -n 4 could be called to specify that the Linux entry be taken on next boot.
5.
DELETING A BOOT OPTION
Assuming the configuration in Example #1, efibootmgr -b 4 -B could be called to delete entry 4 and remove it from the BootOrder.
6.
CREATING NETWORK BOOT ENTRIES
A system administrator wants to create a boot option to network boot (PXE). Unfortunately, this requires knowing a little more information
about your system than can be easily found by efibootmgr, so you've got to pass additional information - the ACPI HID and UID values.
These can generally be found by using the EFI Boot Manager (in the EFI environment) to create a network boot entry, then using efibootmgr
to print it verbosely. Here's one example: Boot003* Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/PCI(5|0)/Mac(00D0B7F9F510)
ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(0,5)MAC(00d0b7f9f510,0) In this case, the ACPI HID is "0A0341d0" and the UID is "0". For the zx2000 gigE, the HID is
"222F" and the UID is "500". For the rx2000 gigE, the HID is "0002" and the UID is "100". You create the boot entry with: efibootmgr -c
-i eth0 -H 222F -U 500 -L netboot
BUGS
Please direct any bugs, features, patches, etc. to Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>.
AUTHOR
This man page was generated by dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system, but may be used by others.
SEE ALSO elilo(1)
11 August 2005 EFIBOOTMGR(8)