linux-boot-prober (1) - Linux Manuals

linux-boot-prober: Determine boot characteristics of a specified device.

NAME

linux-boot-prober --- Determine boot characteristics of a specified device.

SYNOPSIS

linux-boot-prober <partition>

DESCRIPTION

The linux-boot-prober utility will try to work out how to boot the linux root partition specified by <partition>. If successful, it will outoput one or more lines of the form:

<root partition>:<boot partition>:<label>:<kernel path>:<initrd path>:<kernel parameters>

For example, for a system with a kernel at /boot/vmlinuz and an initramfs at /boot/initrd.gz, and with / on /dev/sda2 and /boot on /dev/sda1, the command "linux-boot-prober /dev/sda1" will display:

/dev/sda2:/dev/sda1:Linux:/vmlinuz:/initrd.gz:root=/dev/sda1

Some partitions will not be displayed by linux-boot-prober. If a partition is mounted on /, /target, or /target/boot, it will be skipped.