UPDATE-BOOTLOADER(8)

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UPDATE-BOOTLOADER(8)

NAME¶

update-bootloader - update boot loader configuration.

SYNOPSIS¶

update-bootloader [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION¶

update-bootloader updates the boot loader configuration.

update-bootloader is just a symlink to pbl and corresponds to pbl --init and pbl --config, respectively.

update-bootloader is not intended to called manually. It is a preserved interface to the boot loader configuration that is used in the post-install section of some boot loader related packages (e.g. shim).

OPTION¶

--reinit

Install or update boot loader, then update boot loader configuration.

OBSOLETE OPTIONS¶

--add, --remove, --refresh, --image, --initrd, --xen, --xen-kernel, --default, --previous, --name, --force, --force-default, --man, --help

These options relate to ancient versions of update-bootloader and are all ignored.

FILES¶

/etc/sysconfig/bootloader

General boot loader related configuration settings.

/var/log/pbl.log

Default log file.

/usr/etc/logrotate.d/pbl

Logrotate rules for /var/log/pbl.log.

/usr/lib/bootloader

Directory with specific config scripts for each supported boot loader.

EXAMPLES¶

# update boot loader configuration
update-bootloader
# install/update boot loader and update boot loader configuration
update-bootloader --reinit

LINKS¶

•The Boot Loader Specification: <https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification>

•The Discoverable Partitions Specification: <https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification>

•grub2: <https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html>

•shim: <https://github.com/rhboot/shim>

•systemd-boot: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-boot.html>

•u-boot: <http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot>

•UEFI Specification: <https://uefi.org/specifications>

2024-03-19

update-bootloader 1.8.1

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