NAME¶

gfxboot - graphical boot screen test and config tool

SYNOPSIS¶

gfxboot [ OPTIONS ] ARGS

gfxboot modifies and tests graphical boot loader configuration.

-a, --archive FILE|DIRECTORY: Use FILE as gfxboot archive (default is /boot/message). If it points to a directory, assume it is an expanded archive (see --expand-archive option below).
-v, --verbose: Increase verbosity.
--save-temp: Keep temporary files.
--version: Show gfxboot version.
--help: Print usage.

--new-theme THEME: Activate THEME. Theme files are stored in /etc/bootsplash/themes/THEME/bootloader.
--update-theme THEME: Activate THEME but keep language settings from current gfxboot archive.

--show-config: Show gfxboot config file (gfxboot.cfg).
--change-config [SECTION1::]OPTION1=FOO1 [SECTION2::]OPTION2=FOO2 ...: Change gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.
--rm-config [SECTION1::]OPTION1 [SECTION2::]OPTION2 ...: Delete gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.
--rm-section SECTION1 SECTION2 ...: Delete sections in gfxboot config file.
--default-language LANG: Make LANG the default language. LANG is a locale string (e.g. en_US).
--add-languages LANG1 LANG2 ...: Add translation files.
--rm-languages LANG1 LANG2 ...: Remove translation files.
--config-file FILE: Don't work on gfxboot.cfg from gfxboot archive but on FILE. NOTE: FILE will be modified even with "--test".

-p, --preview: Try current config (needs some virtual machine).
-t, --test: Test only (don't actually change any files).
-b, --bootloader BOOTLOADER: Use BOOTLOADER (grub, lilo, isolinux, syslinux, pxelinux) for preview.
-m, --vm VM: Use virtual machine VM (bochs, qemu, qemu32, qemu64, vbox, vbox64, vmplayer, vmware) for preview.
--grub DIRECTORY|RPM: Use grub from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
--lilo DIRECTORY|RPM: Use lilo from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
--syslinux DIRECTORY|RPM: Use syslinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
--isolinux DIRECTORY|RPM: Use isolinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
--pxelinux DIRECTORY|RPM: Use pxelinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
--password PASSWORD: Create test config with PASSWORD for preview.
--32: Create 32 bit test image.
--64: Create 64 bit test image.
--biarch: Create biarch test image (same as using --32 and --64).
--cdrom, --dvd: Create iso image for preview.
--disk: Create harddisk image for preview.
--floppy: Create floppy image for preview.
--net: Create tftp directory for preview.
--save-image FILE: Copy preview image to FILE.
--test-add-files FILE1 FILE2 ...: Add files to test directory.
--test-rm-files FILE1 FILE2 ...: Delete files from test directory.

--ls, --list-files: List gfxboot archive files.
--add-files FILE1 FILE2 ...: Add files to gfxboot archive.
--rm-files FILE1 FILE2 ...: Delete files from gfxboot archive.
--extract-files FILE1 FILE2 ...: Copy files from gfxboot archive to current working directory.
--show-file FILE: Print FILE.
--expand-archive DIRECTORY: Create expanded gfxboot archive version in DIRECTORY. That is, only files that cannot be read directly from file system are kept in a cpio archive. All others are unpacked. Use only for isolinux, syslinux, or pxelinux.
--pack-archive FILE: Pack all gfxboot files into cpio archive FILE.

--help-show FILE: Print FILE (internal help file format) as HTML.
--help-create FILE: Convert HTML files passed as ARGS to FILE (internal format).
--used-pages LINK1 LINK2 ...: Mark pages as referenced.
--navi FILE: Use FILE as template for navigation links.
--define ENTITY1=VALUE1 ENTITY2=VALUE2 ...: Define ENTITYx with VALUEx.

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Written by Steffen Winterfeldt.