1 .TH ELILO 8 "18 Mar 2002"
3 elilo \- install EFI boot loader
8 This manual page documents briefly the
10 command, which was written specifically for the Debian distribution to
11 simplify configuring and using the elilo.efi bootloader.
13 There are two parts to elilo, the bootloader itself and this utility which
14 installs or updates a bootload configuration.
16 The primary function of elilo is to copy files necessary for booting
17 Debian GNU/Linux from the main filesystem to a subdirectory /EFI/debian
18 on the boot partition. These include elilo.efi, elilo.conf, and the kernel
19 and ramdisk images referenced by elilo.conf.
21 In addition, elilo can create a default
22 configuration file, /etc/elilo.conf, and can invoke efibootmgr to create
23 an entry in the EFI Boot Manager menu such that a system will autoboot
24 in to Debian GNU/Linux on power up.
27 requires a couple of extra parameters in elilo.conf that elio.efi does
28 not currently support.
29 These are needed so that a normal run of elilo with no parameters can find
30 the elilo.efi binary and boot partition in order to rebuild it.
33 install=<path to elilo.efi>
38 This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
39 options starting with two dashes (`-').
42 set bootstrap partition device [ -b /dev/sda1 ]
45 pathname to the actual bootloader binary,
46 default: /usr/{local/}lib/elilo/elilo.efi
49 use alternate configuration file [ -C config_file ]
52 auto-generate a /etc/elilo.conf. Typically only used during system
53 installation. In normal use, an elilo.conf file already exists and will not
57 elilo auto configuration: create an efi boot manager entry for elilo. This
58 option requires that the
60 package also be installed.
63 elilo auto configuration: sets the time elilo
64 will wait for user input before booting default
65 image default: 20 (2 seconds)
68 elilo auto configuration: sets the path to the
69 kernel image. default: /vmlinuz
72 elilo auto configuration: sets the image label
76 elilo auto configuration: sets the root device default: /dev/sda3
79 create a new FAT filesystem on the boot partition. Use this cautiously if
80 you have more than one operating system installed, and they may be sharing
81 the same EFI partition!
84 make elilo more verbose
87 print boring junk only useful for debugging
90 display this help and exit
93 output version information and exit
97 .I /usr/lib/elilo/elilo.efi
101 Additional information about
103 is available in the /usr/share/doc/elilo directory.
107 program and this manual page were written by
108 Richard Hirst <rhirst@linuxcare.com> and Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
111 bootloader package from Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
112 for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).