Imported Debian patch 0.4.9-0.sarge.2

[debian/efibootmgr] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 1fb38fdb13281a824aa932ae99d3e62137a3c71c..9ee586be5b94b95e3728f854fd7cef52a026841c 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ usage: efibootmgr [options]
        -O | --delete-bootorder delete BootOrder
        -p | --part part       (defaults to 1) containing loader
        -q | --quiet           be quiet
-       -t | --test filename   don't write to NVRAM, write to filename
+       --test filename   don't write to NVRAM, write to filename
+       -t | --timeout seconds   Boot manager timeout
+       -T | --delete-timeout    delete Timeout value
        -u | --unicode | --UCS-2  pass extra args as UCS-2 (default is ASCII)
        -U | --acpi_uid XXXX    set the ACPI UID (used with -i)
        -v | --verbose         print additional information
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ Typical usage:
   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)   
@@ -62,6 +65,10 @@ Typical usage:
   boot manager after first use.  This allows you 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), the active/inactive flag (* means
   active), and the name displayed on the screen.