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<refentry id="bootctl" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
-
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>bootctl</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Kay</firstname>
- <surname>Sievers</surname>
- <email>kay@vrfy.org</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>bootctl</refname>
- <refpurpose>Control the firmware and boot manager settings</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>bootctl</command>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
- <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><command>bootctl</command> may be used to
- query or (in the future) change the firmware and boot
- manager settings.</para>
-
- <para>Firmware information is available only on EFI
- systems.</para>
-
- <para>Currently, only the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gummiboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> boot
- manager implements the required boot loader interface
- to provide complete boot manager information.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <para>The following options are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
- <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>status</command></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Show firmware and boot
- manager information about the system,
- including secure boot mode status and
- selected firmware entry (where
- available).</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Exit status</title>
-
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Boot loader interface</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot loader specification</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummiboot/">gummiboot</ulink>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>bootctl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>bootctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the firmware and boot manager settings</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>status</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>update</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>install</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>remove</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl</command> checks, updates,
+ installs or removes the boot loader from the current
+ system.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl status</command> checks and prints the
+ currently installed versions of the boot loader binaries and the
+ all current EFI boot variables.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl update</command> updates all installed
+ versions of systemd-boot, if the current version is newer than the
+ version installed in the EFI system partition. This also includes
+ the EFI default/fallback loader at /EFI/Boot/boot*.efi. A
+ systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created, if there
+ is no current entry. The created entry will be added to the end of
+ the boot order list.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl install</command> installs systemd-boot into
+ the EFI system partition. A copy of systemd-boot will be stored as
+ the EFI default/fallback loader at /EFI/Boot/boot*.efi. A systemd-boot
+ entry in the EFI boot variables is created and added to the top
+ of the boot order list.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl remove</command> removes all installed
+ versions of systemd-boot from the EFI system partition, and removes
+ systemd-boot from the EFI boot variables.</para>
+
+ <para>If no command is passed <command>status</command> is
+ implied.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--path</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Path to the EFI system partition. The default is /boot.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-variables</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Do not touch the EFI boot variables.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+ <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot loader specification</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Systemd boot loader interface</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
</refentry>
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