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.SH "NAME"
bootinfoscript \- tool for debugging bootloader problems
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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bootinfoscript [options]
.SH "INTRODUCTION"
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bootinfoscript inspects your boot environment, that is your partitions and your boot loader\&. It produces a report which is easy to read and easy to send to someone else who might be able to help you if you can\(cqt fix the problem yourself\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-v\fR
.RS 4
Show version and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
Show help text and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-g\fR or \fB\-\-gzip\fR
.RS 4
Gzip report file after creation\&. The plain text file will be kept, too\&.
.RE
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\fB\-\-this\fR
.RS 4
Force bootinfoscript to run, even if you have another copy of bootinfoscript in your local directory\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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gzip(1), grub\-install(8)\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
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This man page was written by Christian Hofstaedtler\&.