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1 | niro | 532 | .TH GRUBBY 8 "Tue Jan 18 2005" |
2 | .SH NAME | ||
3 | grubby \- command line tool for configuring grub, lilo, and elilo | ||
4 | |||
5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | ||
6 | \fBgrubby\fR [--add-kernel=\fIkernel-path\fR] [--args=\fIargs\fR] | ||
7 | [--bad-image-okay] [--boot-filesystem=\fIbootfs\fR] | ||
8 | niro | 1720 | [--bootloader-probe] [--config-file \fIpath\fR] [--copy-default] |
9 | niro | 1736 | [--debug] [--default-kernel] [--default-index] [--default-title] |
10 | niro | 532 | [--grub] [--lilo] [--yaboot] [--silo] [--zipl] |
11 | [--info=\fIkernel-path\fR] [--initrd=\fIinitrd-path\fR] | ||
12 | [--make-default] [-o path] [--version] | ||
13 | [--remove-kernel=\fIkernel-path\fR] [--remove-args=\fIargs\fR] | ||
14 | niro | 1859 | [--set-default=\fIkernel-path\fR] [--set-default-index=\fientry-index\fR] |
15 | [--title=entry-title] [--add-multiboot=\fImultiboot-path\fR] | ||
16 | [--mbargs=\fIargs\fR] [--remove-multiboot=\fImultiboot-path\fR] | ||
17 | [--remove-mbargs=\fIargs\fR] | ||
18 | niro | 532 | |
19 | .SH DESCRIPTION | ||
20 | \fBgrubby\fR is a command line tool for updating and displaying information | ||
21 | about the configuration files for the \fBgrub\fR, \fBlilo\fR, \fBelilo\fR | ||
22 | (ia64), \fByaboot\fR (powerpc) and \fBzipl\fR (s390) boot loaders. It | ||
23 | is primarily designed to be used from scripts which install new | ||
24 | kernels and need to find information about the current boot environment. | ||
25 | |||
26 | On Intel x86 platforms, \fBgrub\fR is the default bootloader and the | ||
27 | configuration file is in \fB/boot/grub/grub.conf\fR. On Intel ia64 platforms, | ||
28 | \fBelilo\fR mode is used and the default location for the configuration file | ||
29 | is \fB/boot/grub/grub.conf\fR. On PowerPC platforms, \fByaboot\fR parsing | ||
30 | is used and the configuration file should be in \fB/etc/yaboot.conf\fR. | ||
31 | |||
32 | There are a number of ways to specify the kernel used for \fB-\-info\fR, | ||
33 | \fB-\-remove-kernel\fR, and \fB-\-update-kernel\fR. Specificying \fBDEFAULT\fR | ||
34 | or \fBALL\fR selects the default entry and all of the entries, respectively. | ||
35 | If a comma separated list of numbers is given, the boot entries indexed | ||
36 | by those numbers are selected. Finally, the title of a boot entry may | ||
37 | be specified by using \fBTITLE=\fItitle\fR as the argument; all entries | ||
38 | with that title are used. | ||
39 | |||
40 | .SH OPTIONS | ||
41 | .TP | ||
42 | \fB-\-add-kernel\fR=\fIkernel-path\fR | ||
43 | Add a new boot entry for the kernel located at \fIkernel-path\fR. | ||
44 | |||
45 | .TP | ||
46 | \fB-\-args\fR=\fIkernel-args\fR | ||
47 | When a new kernel is added, this specifies the command line arguments | ||
48 | which should be passed to the kernel by default (note they are merged | ||
49 | with the arguments from the template if \fB-\-copy-default\fR is used). | ||
50 | When \fB-\-update-kernel\fR is used, this specifies new arguments to add | ||
51 | to the argument list. Multiple, space separated arguments may be used. If | ||
52 | an argument already exists the new value replaces the old values. The | ||
53 | \fBroot=\fR kernel argument gets special handling if the configuration | ||
54 | file has special handling for specifying the root filesystem (like | ||
55 | lilo.conf does). | ||
56 | |||
57 | .TP | ||
58 | \fB-\-bad-image-okay\fR | ||
59 | When \fBgrubby\fR is looking for a entry to use for something (such | ||
60 | as a template or a default boot entry) it uses sanity checks, such as | ||
61 | ensuring that the kernel exists in the filesystem, to make sure | ||
62 | entries that obviously won't work aren't selected. This option overrides | ||
63 | that behavior, and is designed primarily for testing. | ||
64 | |||
65 | .TP | ||
66 | \fB-\-boot-filesystem\fR=\fIbootfs\fR | ||
67 | The \fBgrub\fR boot loader expects file paths listed in it's configuration | ||
68 | path to be relative to the top of the filesystem they are on, rather then | ||
69 | relative to the current root filesystem. By default \fBgrubby\fR searches | ||
70 | the list of currently mounted filesystems to determine this. If this option | ||
71 | is given \fBgrubby\fR acts as if the specified filesystem was the filesystem | ||
72 | containing the kernel (this option is designed primarily for testing). | ||
73 | |||
74 | .TP | ||
75 | \fB-\-bootloader-probe\fR | ||
76 | \fBgrubby\fR tries to determine if \fBgrub\fR or \fBlilo\fR is currently | ||
77 | installed. When one of those bootloaders is found the name of that bootloader | ||
78 | is displayed on stdout. Both could be installed (on different devices), and | ||
79 | grubby will print out the names of both bootloaders, one per line. The probe | ||
80 | for \fBgrub\fR requires a commented out boot directive \fBgrub.conf\fR | ||
81 | identical to the standard directive in the lilo configuration file. If this | ||
82 | is not present \fBgrubby\fR will assume grub is not installed (note | ||
83 | that \fBanaconda\fR places this directive in \fBgrub.conf\fR files it creates). | ||
84 | This option is only available on ia32 platforms. | ||
85 | |||
86 | |||
87 | .TP | ||
88 | \fB-\-config-file\fR=\fIpath\fR | ||
89 | Use \fIpath\fR as the configuration file rather then the default. | ||
90 | |||
91 | .TP | ||
92 | \fB-\-copy-default\fR | ||
93 | \fBgrubby\fR will copy as much information (such as kernel arguments and | ||
94 | root device) as possible from the current default kernel. The kernel path | ||
95 | and initrd path will never be copied. | ||
96 | |||
97 | .TP | ||
98 | niro | 1736 | \fB-\-debug\fR |
99 | Display extra debugging information for failures. | ||
100 | |||
101 | .TP | ||
102 | niro | 532 | \fB-\-default-kernel\fR |
103 | Display the full path to the current default kernel and exit. | ||
104 | |||
105 | .TP | ||
106 | niro | 1720 | \fB-\-default-index\fR |
107 | Display the numeric index of the current default boot entry and exit. | ||
108 | |||
109 | .TP | ||
110 | niro | 1721 | \fB-\-default-title\fR |
111 | Display the title of the current default boot entry and exit. | ||
112 | |||
113 | .TP | ||
114 | niro | 532 | \fB-\-elilo\fR |
115 | Use an \fBelilo\fR style configuration file. | ||
116 | |||
117 | .TP | ||
118 | \fB-\-grub\fR | ||
119 | Use a \fBgrub\fR style configuration file instead of \fBlilo\fR style. This | ||
120 | is the default on ia32 platforms. | ||
121 | |||
122 | .TP | ||
123 | \fB-\-info\fR=\fIkernel-path\fR | ||
124 | Display information on all boot entries which match \fIkernel-path\fR. I | ||
125 | |||
126 | .TP | ||
127 | \fB-\-initrd\fR=\fIinitrd-path\fR | ||
128 | Use \fIinitrd-path\fR as the path to an initial ram disk for a new kernel | ||
129 | being added. | ||
130 | |||
131 | .TP | ||
132 | \fB-\-lilo\fR | ||
133 | Use a \fBlilo\fR style configuration file. | ||
134 | |||
135 | .TP | ||
136 | \fB-\-make-default\fR | ||
137 | Make the new kernel entry being added the default entry. | ||
138 | |||
139 | .TP | ||
140 | \fB-\-remove-args\fR=\fIkernel-args\fR | ||
141 | The arguments specified by \fIkernel-args\fR are removed from the | ||
142 | kernels specified by \fB-\-update-kernel\fR. The \fBroot\fR argument | ||
143 | gets special handling for configuration files that support separate root | ||
144 | filesystem configuration. | ||
145 | |||
146 | .TP | ||
147 | \fB-\-remove-kernel\fR=\fIkernel-path\fR | ||
148 | Removes all boot entries which match \fIkernel-path\fR. This may be used | ||
149 | along with -\-add-kernel, in which case the new kernel being added will | ||
150 | never be removed. | ||
151 | |||
152 | .TP | ||
153 | \fB-\-set-default\fR=\fIkernel-path\fR | ||
154 | The first entry which boots the specified kernel is made the default | ||
155 | boot entry. | ||
156 | |||
157 | .TP | ||
158 | niro | 1859 | \fB-\-set-default-index\fR=\fIentry-index\fR |
159 | Makes the given entry number the default boot entry. | ||
160 | |||
161 | .TP | ||
162 | niro | 532 | \fB-\-title\fR=\fIentry-title\fR |
163 | When a new kernel entry is added \fIentry-title\fR is used as the title | ||
164 | (\fBlilo\fR label) for the entry. If \fIentry-title\fR is longer then maximum | ||
165 | length allowed by the bootloader (15 for lilo, unlimited for grub and elilo) | ||
166 | the title is shortened to a (unique) entry. | ||
167 | |||
168 | .TP | ||
169 | \fB-\-update-kernel\fR=\fIkernel-path\fR | ||
170 | The entries for kernels matching \fRkernel-path\fR are updated. Currently | ||
171 | the only items that can be updated is the kernel argument list, which is | ||
172 | modified via the \fB-\-args\fR and \fB-\-remove-args\fR options. | ||
173 | |||
174 | .TP | ||
175 | \fB-\-version\fR | ||
176 | Display the version of \fBgrubby\fR being run and then exit immediately. | ||
177 | |||
178 | .TP | ||
179 | \fB-\-yaboot\fR | ||
180 | Use an \fByaboot\fR style configuration file. | ||
181 | |||
182 | .TP | ||
183 | \fB-\-zipl\fR | ||
184 | Use an \fBzipl\fR style configuration file. | ||
185 | |||
186 | .SH MULTIBOOT OPTIONS | ||
187 | The Multiboot Specification provides a genreic interface for boot | ||
188 | loaders and operating systems. It is supported by the GRUB bootloader. | ||
189 | |||
190 | .TP | ||
191 | \fB-\-add-multiboot\fR=\fImultiboot-path\fR | ||
192 | Add a new boot entry for the multiboot kernel located at | ||
193 | \fImultiboot-path\fR. Note that this is generally accompanied with a | ||
194 | \fI--add-kernel\fR option. | ||
195 | |||
196 | .TP | ||
197 | \fB-\-remove-multiboot\fR=\fImultiboot-path\fR | ||
198 | Removes all boot entries which match \fImultiboot-path\fR. | ||
199 | |||
200 | .TP | ||
201 | \fB-\-mbargs\fR=\fImultiboot-args\fR | ||
202 | When a new multiboot kernel is added, this specifies the command line | ||
203 | arguments which should be passed to that kernel by default | ||
204 | When \fB-\-update-kernel\fR is used, this specifies new arguments to add | ||
205 | to the argument list. Multiple, space separated arguments may be used. If | ||
206 | an argument already exists the new value replaces the old values. | ||
207 | |||
208 | .TP | ||
209 | \fB-\-remove-mbargs\fR=\fImultiboot-args\fR | ||
210 | The arguments specified by \fImultiboot-args\fR are removed from the | ||
211 | kernels specified by \fB-\-update-kernel\fR. | ||
212 | |||
213 | |||
214 | .SH "BUGS" | ||
215 | niro | 1152 | The command line syntax is more than a little baroque. This probably |
216 | niro | 532 | won't be fixed as \fBgrubby\fR is only intended to be called from shell |
217 | scripts which can get it right. | ||
218 | |||
219 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | ||
220 | .BR grub (8), | ||
221 | .BR lilo (8), | ||
222 | .BR yaboot (8), | ||
223 | .BR mkinitrd (8) | ||
224 | |||
225 | .SH AUTHORS | ||
226 | .nf | ||
227 | niro | 1306 | Erik Troan |
228 | Jeremy Katz | ||
229 | Peter Jones | ||
230 | niro | 532 | .fi |