1linux-boot-prober(1)        General Commands Manual       linux-boot-prober(1)
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NAME

6       linux-boot-prober  —  Determine  boot  characteristics  of  a specified
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SYNOPSIS

10       linux-boot-prober <partition>
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DESCRIPTION

13       The linux-boot-prober utility will try to work  out  how  to  boot  the
14       linux  root partition specified by <partition>.  If successful, it will
15       outoput one or more lines of the form:
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17       <root   partition>:<boot    partition>:<label>:<kernel    path>:<initrd
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20       For  example,  for  a  system  with  a  kernel  at /boot/vmlinuz and an
21       initramfs at /boot/initrd.gz, and with /  on  /dev/sda2  and  /boot  on
22       /dev/sda1, the command "linux-boot-prober /dev/sda1" will display:
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24       /dev/sda2:/dev/sda1:Linux:/vmlinuz:/initrd.gz:root=/dev/sda1
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26       Some  partitions will not be displayed by linux-boot-prober.  If a par‐
27       tition is mounted on /, /target, or /target/boot, it will be skipped.
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SEE ALSO

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