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author | Slack Coder <slackcoder@server.ky> | 2024-04-29 16:35:46 -0500 |
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committer | Slack Coder <slackcoder@server.ky> | 2024-04-29 16:35:46 -0500 |
commit | 370c6453f86c77e11b12f096bb36e42bb0f4fe35 (patch) | |
tree | 05950912a582766ee2029601674a5f3b8a82f950 /README.md | |
parent | 28613aefdeca15ff5a857adf9d5d2b3dd4fdf53f (diff) | |
download | efi-sync-370c6453f86c77e11b12f096bb36e42bb0f4fe35.tar.xz |
Improve logging and initrd generation
- Make the Initial RAM disk locations configurable, instead of leaving it
to mkinitrd.
- Improve logging information.
- Reduce wait time to check if package tools are still running.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ Usage: ./efi-sync {install|watch} ``` `efi-sync` watches your kernel path for updates. Once one is detected and the -package commands have completed, your EFI will be updated. `mkinitrd` to -update your initial ram disk if its configuration file is present. +package commands have completed, your EFI will be updated. ## Installation @@ -33,7 +32,11 @@ Here is an example with the default values: KERNEL=/boot/vmlinuz # The path to the EFI kernel. EFI_KERNEL=/boot/efi/Slackware/vmlinuz +# The path for the initial ram disk to install. +INITRD=/boot/initrd.gz +# The path to the EFI's initial ram disk. +EFI_INITRD=/boot/efi/Slackware/initrd.gz ``` -If you want the initial ram disk updated, ensure /etc/mkinitrd.conf exists and -'OUTPUT_IMAGE' is set to the initrd.gz path on your EFI. +The initial ram disk (initrd) will be built automatically if +'/etc/mkinitrd.conf' exists. |