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diff -urpN os-prober-1.58/linux-boot-prober.1.man os-prober-1.58/linux-boot-prober.1
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--- os-prober-1.58/linux-boot-prober.1.man 2014-01-20 15:52:00.354946125 -0500
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+.TH linux-boot-prober 1 "20 Jan 2014" "linux-boot-prober"
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+.SH "NAME"
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+linux-boot-prober \(em Determine boot characteristics of a specified device.
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+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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+.B linux-boot-prober
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+.I <partition>
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+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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+.PP
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+The \fBlinux-boot-prober\fR utility will try to work out how to boot the
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+linux root partition specified by \fI<partition>\fR. If successful, it
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+will outoput one or more lines of the form:
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+
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+<root partition>:<boot partition>:<label>:<kernel path>:<initrd path>:<kernel parameters>
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+
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+For example, for a system with a kernel at \fI/boot/vmlinuz\fR and an
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+initramfs at \fI/boot/initrd.gz\fR, and with \fI/\fR on \fI/dev/sda2\fR and
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+\fI/boot\fR on \fI/dev/sda1\fR, the command "linux-boot-prober /dev/sda1" will
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+display:
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+
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+/dev/sda2:/dev/sda1:Linux:/vmlinuz:/initrd.gz:root=/dev/sda1
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+
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+Some partitions will not be displayed by \fBlinux-boot-prober\fI. If a
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+partition is mounted on \fI/\fR, \fI/target\fR, or \fI/target/boot\fR, it will
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+be skipped.
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+.SH "SEE ALSO"
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+.PP
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+\fBos-prober\fR(1)
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diff -urpN os-prober-1.58/os-prober.1.man os-prober-1.58/os-prober.1
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+.TH os-prober 1 "20 Jan 2014" "os-prober"
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+.SH "NAME"
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+os-prober \(em Discover bootable partitions on the local system.
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+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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+.B os-prober
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+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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+.PP
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+The \fBos-prober\fR utility will scan all disks available on the system for
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+other operating systems. For each discovered OS, it will output a line of
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+the form:
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+
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+<partition>:<descriptive name>:<short name>:<kind of loader>
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+
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+For example, on system with Windows XP installed on \fI/dev/sda1\fR,
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+\fBos-prober\fR will display:
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+
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+/dev/sda1:Windows NT/2000/XP:WinNT:chain
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+
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+Note that for Linux systems that are discovered, a call to
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+\fBlinux-boot-prober\fI may be required in order to fully discover the
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+necessary information to boot the system.
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+.SH "SEE ALSO"
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+.PP
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+\fBlinux-boot-prober\fR(1)
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