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UPDATE-BOOTLOADER(8) | System Administration | 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
SEE ALSO¶
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>
•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 |