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elilo(8)			  System Boot			      elilo(8)

NAME
       elilo - Installer for the EFI Linux Loader

SYNOPSIS
       /sbin/elilo [options]

	Options:
	     --refresh-EBM     refresh EFI boot menu
	  -k --keep	       don't purge old files
	  -t --test	       test only
	  -v --verbose	       increase verbosity
	  -h --help	       brief help message
	     --man	       full documentation
	  -V --version	       display version

OPTIONS
       --refresh-EBM
	       Recreate EFI boot manager menu entries based on information in
	       "/etc/elilo.conf".

       --test  Test only. Do not really write anything, no new boot
	       configuration nor kernel/initrd images.	Use together with -v
	       to find out what elilo is about to do.

       --verbose
	       Increase level of verbosity.

       --help  Print a brief help message and exits.

       --man   Prints the manual page and exits.

       --version
	       Prints the version information and exits.

DESCRIPTION
       This program will perform all steps to transfer the necessary parts to
       the appropriate locations...

LIMITATIONS
       For now, all image-entries are treated as "optional" in order to more
       closely match the behavior of the real loader (i.e. "elilo.efi"), which
       silently ignores missing files while reading the configuration.

       This may be considered a bug by experienced LILO users, where only
       those specifically marked as such are treated that way.

       It is planned to introduce keywords like "mandatory" and "optional" in
       future releases though.

EFI Boot Manager Failure
       Creation of EFI Boot Manager menu entries needs some space in non-
       volatile memory.	 This space is limited--even more so, since Linux
       dares using only half of it.  Therefore "--refresh-EBM" may fail with
       an "unexpected error".  If you encounter this, you basically have two
       options.	 Either free up some space (e.g. old "dump-typeN" variables or
       outdated boot entries) and reboot.  (The tricky part here is to not
       remove vital system variables.)	Or, if you are really sure that your
       UEFI does sane garbage-collection and fulfills the specification, you
       may use the "efi_no_storage_paranoia" kernel parameter.	But beware,
       using this parameter with faulty firmware may brick your board!

       Note: there are boards, which always use more than 50% of NVRAM.	 Those
       factually leave no choice.

SEE ALSO
       /usr/share/doc/packages/elilo

SuSE Linux			  3.14-0.30.3			      elilo(8)
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