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.TH GFXBOOT 8 "July 2008" "gfxboot" "System configuration"
.\"
.SH NAME
gfxboot \- graphical boot screen test and config tool
.\"
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gfxboot [
.I OPTIONS
.B ]
.I ARGS
.\"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B gfxboot
modifies and tests graphical boot loader configuration.
.\"
.SH OPTIONS
.SS General options
.TP
\fB-a\fR, \fB--archive\fR \fIFILE\fR|\fIDIRECTORY\fR
Use FILE as gfxboot archive (default is /boot/message).
If it points to a directory, assume it is an expanded archive (see \fB--expand-archive\fR option below).
.TP
\fB-v\fR, \fB--verbose\fR
Increase verbosity.
.TP
\fB--save-temp\fR
Keep temporary files.
.TP
\fB--help\fR
Print usage.
.SS Switching themes
.TP
\fB--new-theme \fITHEME\fR
Activate THEME. Theme files are stored in /etc/bootsplash/themes/THEME/bootloader.
.TP
\fB--update-theme \fITHEME\fR
Activate THEME but keep language settings from current gfxboot archive.
.SS Changing gfxboot config
.TP
\fB--show-config\fR
Show gfxboot config file (gfxboot.cfg).
.TP
\fB--change-config \fR[\fISECTION1::\fR]\fIOPTION1\fR=\fIFOO1\fR [\fISECTION2::\fR]\fIOPTION2\fR=\fIFOO2\fR ...
Change gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.
.TP
\fB--rm-config \fR[\fISECTION1::\fR]\fIOPTION1\fR [\fISECTION2::\fR]\fIOPTION2\fR ...
Delete gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.
.TP
\fB--rm-section \fISECTION1\fR \fISECTION2\fR ...
Delete sections in gfxboot config file.
.TP
\fB--default-language \fILANG\fR
Make LANG the default language. LANG is a locale string (e.g. en_US).
.TP
\fB--add-languages \fILANG1\fR \fILANG2\fR ...
Add translation files.
.TP
\fB--rm-languages \fILANG1\fR \fILANG2\fR ...
Remove translation files.
.TP
\fB--config-file\fR \fIFILE\fR
Don't work on gfxboot.cfg from gfxboot archive but on FILE. NOTE: FILE will be modified even with "--test".
.SS Preview/test gfxboot setup
.TP
\fB-p\fR, \fB--preview \fR
Try current config (needs some virtual machine).
.TP
\fB-t\fR, \fB--test\fR
Test only (don't actually change any files).
.TP
\fB-b\fR, \fB--bootloader\fR \fIBOOTLOADER\fR
Use BOOTLOADER (grub, lilo, isolinux, syslinux) for preview.
.TP
\fB-m\fR, \fB--vm\fR \fIVM\fR
Use virtual machine VM (bochs, qemu, qemu-i386, qemu-x86_64, vbox, vboxsdl, vmplayer, vmware) for preview.
.TP
\fB--grub\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use grub from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--lilo\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use lilo from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--syslinux\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use syslinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--isolinux\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use isolinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--password\fR \fIPASSWORD\fR
Create test config with PASSWORD for preview.
.TP
\fB--biarch\fR
Create biarch test image.
.TP
\fB--cdrom\fR, \fB--dvd\fR
Create iso image for preview.
.TP
\fB--disk\fR
Create harddisk image for preview.
.TP
\fB--floppy\fR
Create floppy image for preview.
.TP
\fB--save-image\fR \fIFILE\fR
Copy preview image to FILE.
.SS Adding/removing files from gfxboot archive
.TP
\fB--ls\fR, \fB--list-files\fR
List gfxboot archive files.
.TP
\fB--add-files\fR \fIFILE1\fR \fIFILE2\fR ...
Add files to gfxboot archive.
.TP
\fB--extract-files\fR \fIFILE1\fR \fIFILE2\fR ...
Copy files from gfxboot archive to current working directory.
.TP
\fB--show-file\fR \fIFILE\fR
Print FILE.
.TP
\fB--expand-archive\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR
Create expanded gfxboot archive version in DIRECTORY. That is, only files that
cannot be read directly from file system are kept in a cpio archive. All
others are unpacked. Use only for isolinux and syslinux.
.TP
\fB--pack-archive\fR \fIFILE\fR
Pack all gfxboot files into cpio archive FILE.
.\"
.SS Modifying help files
.TP
\fB--help-show\fR \fIFILE\fR
Print FILE (internal help file format) as HTML.
.TP
\fB--help-create\fR \fIFILE\fR
Convert HTML files passed as ARGS to FILE (internal format).
.TP
\fB--used-pages\fR \fILINK1\fR \fILINK2\fR ...
Mark pages as referenced.
.TP
\fB--navi\fR \fIFILE\fR
Use FILE as template for navigation links.
.TP
\fB--define\fR \fIENTITY1\fR=\fIVALUE1\fR \fIENTITY2\fR=\fIVALUE2\fR ...
Define ENTITYx with VALUEx.
.SH FILES
.TP 18n
.B /boot/message
bootloader graphics archive (actually a cpio achive)
.TP
.B /etc/bootsplash/themes
theme directory
.TP
.B /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash
default theme
.\"
.SH BUGS
None.
.\"
.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Written by Steffen Winterfeldt.
.fi
.\"
.SH "SEE ALSO"
If you want to create your own theme look at the gfxboot-devel package.
.\"
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