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diff --git a/src/man/man8/efibootmgr.8.docbook b/src/man/man8/efibootmgr.8.docbook
index 81c65b9..eb8f266 100644
--- a/src/man/man8/efibootmgr.8.docbook
+++ b/src/man/man8/efibootmgr.8.docbook
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
dannf@debian.org,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@
dann">
frazier">
- 2003-08-11">
+ 2005-08-11">
8">
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@
&mansurname;
- 2002, 2003
+ 2002, 2003, 2004&manusername;
&mandate;
@@ -75,12 +74,14 @@
-O-p PART-q
- -t
+ -t seconds
+ -T-u-U XXXX-v-V-w
+ -@ file
@@ -100,7 +101,9 @@
&manpackage; requires that the kernel support access to EFI
- non-volatile variables (through /proc/efi/vars).
+ 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.
@@ -228,11 +231,23 @@
- | filename
+ filenameDon't write to NVRAM, write to filename.
+
+ | seconds
+
+ Boot Manager timeout, in seconds.
+
+
+
+ |
+
+ Delete Timeout variable.
+
+ | |
@@ -264,7 +279,19 @@
write unique signature to the MBR if needed
+
+ |
+
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
+
@@ -275,17 +302,18 @@
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:
@@ -308,6 +336,14 @@
to change the next boot behavior without changing BootOrder.
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
Five boot entries (0000 - 0004), along with the active/inactive