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-.TH "EFIBOOTMGR" "8" "06 February 2004" "" ""
+.TH "EFIBOOTMGR" "8" "11 August 2005" "" ""
.SH NAME
efibootmgr \- manipulate the EFI Boot Manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBefibootmgr\fR [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-A\fR ] [ \fB-b \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-B \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-c\fR ] [ \fB-d \fIDISK\fB\fR ] [ \fB-e \fI1|3|-1\fB\fR ] [ \fB-E \fINUM\fB\fR ] [ \fB-g\fR ] [ \fB-H \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-i \fINAME\fB\fR ] [ \fB-l \fINAME\fB\fR ] [ \fB-L \fILABEL\fB\fR ] [ \fB-n \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-N\fR ] [ \fB-o \fIXXXX\fB,\fIYYYY\fB,\fIZZZZ\fB\fR\fI ...\fR ] [ \fB-O\fR ] [ \fB-p \fIPART\fB\fR ] [ \fB-q\fR ] [ \fB-t \fIseconds\fB\fR ] [ \fB-T\fR ] [ \fB-u\fR ] [ \fB-U \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-v\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-w\fR ]
+\fBefibootmgr\fR [ \fB-a\fR ] [ \fB-A\fR ] [ \fB-b \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-B \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-c\fR ] [ \fB-d \fIDISK\fB\fR ] [ \fB-e \fI1|3|-1\fB\fR ] [ \fB-E \fINUM\fB\fR ] [ \fB-g\fR ] [ \fB-H \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-i \fINAME\fB\fR ] [ \fB-l \fINAME\fB\fR ] [ \fB-L \fILABEL\fB\fR ] [ \fB-n \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-N\fR ] [ \fB-o \fIXXXX\fB,\fIYYYY\fB,\fIZZZZ\fB\fR\fI ...\fR ] [ \fB-O\fR ] [ \fB-p \fIPART\fB\fR ] [ \fB-q\fR ] [ \fB-t \fIseconds\fB\fR ] [ \fB-T\fR ] [ \fB-u\fR ] [ \fB-U \fIXXXX\fB\fR ] [ \fB-v\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-w\fR ] [ \fB-@ \fIfile\fB\fR ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Quiet mode - supresses output.
.TP
\fB--test \fIfilename\fB\fR
-Don't write to NVRAM, write to \fIfilename\fR.
+Don't write to NVRAM, write to \fIfilename\fR\&.
.TP
\fB-t | --timeout \fIseconds\fB\fR
-Boot Manager timeout, in \fIseconds\fR.
+Boot Manager timeout, in \fIseconds\fR\&.
.TP
\fB-T | --delete-timeout\fR
Delete Timeout variable.
.TP
\fB-w | --write-signature\fR
write unique signature to the MBR if needed
+.TP
+\fB-@ | --append-binary-args \fR
+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.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.TP 3
1.
2.
.SS "CREATING A NEW BOOT OPTION"
.PP
-An OS installer would call \fBefibootmgr -c\fR.
+An OS installer would call \fBefibootmgr -c\fR\&.
This assumes that \fI/boot/efi\fR is your EFI System
-Partition, and is mounted at \fI/dev/sda1\fR. This
+Partition, and is mounted at \fI/dev/sda1\fR\&. 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 \fIelilo.efi\fR.
+behavior. The default OS Loader is \fIelilo.efi\fR\&.
.TP 3
3.
.SS "CHANGING THE BOOT ORDER"
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Please direct any bugs, features, patches, etc. to Matt Domsch
-<Matt_Domsch@dell.com>.
+<Matt_Domsch@dell.com>\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This man page was generated by dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> for the