NAME¶

zipl-switch-to-blscfg - Switch zipl to use BootLoaderSpec configuration

SYNOPSIS¶

zipl-switch-to-blscfg [OPTIONS]
zipl-switch-to-blscfg {-h|-v}

DESCRIPTION¶

This script switches the zipl boot-loader configuration to use BootLoaderSpec files to define IPL sections. For each Linux kernel defined in the zipl.conf config file, a BLS fragment is generated in the BLS directory specified. Also, zipl.conf is modified to only contain global configuration. All IPL sections come from BLS files.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

Print this help and exit

-v, --version

Print version information and exit

--backup-suffix <SUFFIX>

The suffix used for backup files, defaults to .bak.

--bls-directory <DIRECTORY>

The DIRECTORY where the BLS fragments will be stored. The directory is created if it does not exist. By default /boot/loader/entries is used.

--config-file <FILE>

The FILE used for zipl configuration file, defaults to /etc/zipl.conf.

--ignore-default

Ignore the default option from the zipl configuration file

--use-version-name

Use the section kernel version as the BLS file name