MENU.LST(5) File Formats and Configurations MENU.LST(5)
NAME
menu.lst - List of entries for boot menu
SYNOPSIS
<pool>/boot/menu.lst /boot/menu.lstDESCRIPTION
This file contains the list of menu entries for use by boot loader.
The location is either root dataset of boot zfs pool or
/boot directory
of root file system.
menu.lst is created automatically by
beadm(8),
and can be managed by
bootadm(8).
Each menu entry in
menu.lst consists of two lines:
title name type data Where first line will set name for the menu entry and second line will
declare the type and type specific data for boot menu entry.
Currently accepted types are:
bootfs to specify the name or location of the boot file system.
chain to specify device or file to be used with
loader(7) chain command.
The boot file system name could be either the name of zfs dataset or
the device name in case of ufs(4fs), pcfs(4fs), or other currently
supported disk based file system.
Device name for
chain command must use the form
diskN[pX]: or diskN[sXpY]:
zfs:pool/dataset:
See output of loader
lsdev -v command for available device names.
FILES
<pool>/boot/menu.lst /boot/menu.lstEXAMPLES
A sample
menu.lst file.
title Disk1:
chain disk1:
title Disk2_UFS
bootfs disk2s1a:
title openindiana-2023:01:03
bootfs rpool/ROOT/openindiana-2023:01:03
SEE ALSO
pcfs(4fs), ufs(4fs),
loader(7),
beadm(8),
bootadm(8)illumos March 30, 2023 illumos
