1 gummiboot Simple UEFI boot manager
3 gummiboot executes EFI images. The default entry is selected by a configured
4 pattern (glob) or an on-screen menu.
6 gummiboot operates on the EFI System Partition (ESP) only. Configuration
7 file fragments, kernels, initrds, other EFI images need to reside on the
8 ESP. Linux kernels must be built with CONFIG_EFI_STUB to be able to be
9 directly executed as an EFI image.
11 gummiboot reads simple and entirely generic configurion files; one file
12 per boot entry to select from.
14 Pressing Space (or most other) keys during bootup will show an on-screen
15 menu with all configured entries to select from. Pressing enter on the
16 selected entry loads and starts the EFI image.
18 If no timeout is configured and no key pressed during bootup, the default
19 entry is booted right away.
21 Further documentation is available in the gummiboot wiki at:
22 http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummiboot
25 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec
26 http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/kernel-install.html