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| author | Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> | 2022-10-04 15:01:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> | 2022-11-16 12:52:58 +0100 |
| commit | 941d418d19397bd20c570729877a5dfa37d762b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 162bfd868bb80289f098ede386e1870845bab972 /man/systemd-boot.xml | |
| parent | 8fec4f95be7a323410f9853b6773c810ba6c7152 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-941d418d19397bd20c570729877a5dfa37d762b2.tar.gz | |
systemd-boot man page: add section for virtual machines
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diff --git a/man/systemd-boot.xml b/man/systemd-boot.xml index 0eee532f90..57b66803fa 100644 --- a/man/systemd-boot.xml +++ b/man/systemd-boot.xml @@ -526,6 +526,23 @@ </refsect1> <refsect1> + <title>Using systemd-boot in virtual machines.</title> + + <para>When using qemu with OVMF (UEFI Firmware for virtual machines) the <option>-kernel</option> switch + works not only for linux kernels, but for any EFI binary, including sd-boot and unified linux + kernels. Example command line for loading sd-boot on x64:</para> + + <para> + <command>qemu-system-x86_64 <replaceable>[ ... ]</replaceable> + -kernel /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi</command> + </para> + + <para>systemd-boot will detect that it was started directly instead of being loaded from ESP and will + search for the ESP in that case, taking into account boot order information from the hypervisor (if + available).</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |