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authorYu Watanabe <watanabe.yu+github@gmail.com>2018-06-15 14:25:22 +0900
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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
+
+<refentry id="systemd-boot" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-boot</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-boot</refname>
+ <refname>sd-boot</refname>
+ <refpurpose>A simple UEFI boot manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>systemd-boot</command> or <command>sd-boot</command> is a simple
+ UEFI boot manager, previously known as <command>gummiboot</command>. It provides
+ a graphical menu to select the entry to boot and an editor for the kernel command
+ line. systemd-boot is only useful on machines using UEFI.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>systemd-boot loads information from the EFI system partition (ESP), usually
+ mounted at <filename>/boot</filename>, <filename>/efi</filename>, or
+ <filename>/boot/efi</filename>. Configuration file fragments, kernels, initrds,
+ other EFI images need to reside on the ESP. Linux kernels must be built with
+ <option>CONFIG_EFI_STUB</option> to be able to be directly executed as an EFI
+ image. systemd-boot will automatically list other boot entries registered as EFI boot
+ variables, and a list of kernels from configuration files following the <ulink
+ url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot Loader
+ Specification</ulink> located under <filename>/loader/entries/</filename> on the
+ ESP.</para>
+
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-install</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ may be used to copy kernel images onto the ESP and to generate entries compliant
+ with the Boot Loader Specification.
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ may be used from a running system to locate the ESP, list available entries, and
+ install systemd-boot itself.</para>
+
+ <para>systemd-boot will provide information about the time spent in UEFI firmware
+ using the
+ <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Boot Loader Interface</ulink>.
+ This information can be displayed using
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-analyze</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Configuration</title>
+
+ <para>systemd-boot reads configuration like the timeout and default entry from
+ <filename>/loader/loader.conf</filename> on the ESP and from EFI variables. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loader.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Key bindings</title>
+ <para>The following keys may be used in the boot menu:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>↑ (Up)</term>
+ <term>↓ (Down)</term>
+ <term>j</term>
+ <term>k</term>
+ <term>PageUp</term>
+ <term>PageDown</term>
+ <term>Home</term>
+ <term>End</term>
+ <listitem><para>Navigate up/down in the entry list</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>↵ (Enter)</term>
+ <listitem><para>Boot selected entry</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>d</term>
+ <listitem><para>Make selected entry the default</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>e</term>
+ <listitem><para>Edit the kernel command line for selected entry</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>+</term>
+ <term>t</term>
+ <listitem><para>Increase the timeout before default entry is booted</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-</term>
+ <term>T</term>
+ <listitem><para>Decrease the timeout</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>v</term>
+ <listitem><para>Show systemd-boot, UEFI, and firmware versions</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>P</term>
+ <listitem><para>Print status</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Q</term>
+ <listitem><para>Quit</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>h</term>
+ <term>?</term>
+ <listitem><para>Show a help screen</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Ctrl + l</term>
+ <listitem><para>Reprint the screen</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The following keys may be used during bootup or in the boot menu to
+ directly boot a specific entry:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>l</term>
+ <listitem><para>Linux</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>w</term>
+ <listitem><para>Windows</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>a</term>
+ <listitem><para>OS X</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>s</term>
+ <listitem><para>EFI shell</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>1</term>
+ <term>2</term>
+ <term>3</term>
+ <term>4</term>
+ <term>5</term>
+ <term>6</term>
+ <term>7</term>
+ <term>8</term>
+ <term>9</term>
+ <listitem><para>Entry number 1 .. 9</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>In the editor, most keys simply insert themselves, but the following keys
+ may be used to perform additional actions:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>← (Left)</term>
+ <term>→ (Right)</term>
+ <term>Home</term>
+ <term>End</term>
+ <listitem><para>Navigate left/right</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Esc</term>
+ <listitem><para>Abort the edit and quit the editor</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Ctrl + k</term>
+ <listitem><para>Clear the command line</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Ctrl + w</term>
+ <term>Alt + Backspace</term>
+ <listitem><para>Delete word backwards</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Alt + d </term>
+ <listitem><para>Delete word forwards</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>↵ (Enter)</term>
+ <listitem><para>Boot entry with the edited command line</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Note that unless configured otherwise in the UEFI firmware, systemd-boot will
+ use the US keyboard layout, so key labels might not match for keys like +/-.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loader.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot Loader Specification</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Boot Loader Interface</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/systemd-boot/">upstream wiki page</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>