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@ 2023-11-28 13:35 Alexander Zeidler
  2023-11-28 13:35 ` [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 2/2] docs: remove pointless table title Alexander Zeidler
  2023-11-29 13:08 ` [pbs-devel] applied: [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/2] docs: add further secure boot information, as in pve-docs Thomas Lamprecht
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From: Alexander Zeidler @ 2023-11-28 13:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pbs-devel

Signed-off-by: Alexander Zeidler <a.zeidler@proxmox.com>
---
 docs/system-booting.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/system-booting.rst b/docs/system-booting.rst
index 96c3458c..d4604e7d 100644
--- a/docs/system-booting.rst
+++ b/docs/system-booting.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Host Bootloader
 selected in the installer.
 
 For EFI Systems installed with ZFS as the root filesystem ``systemd-boot`` is
-used. All other deployments use the standard ``grub`` bootloader (this usually
-also applies to systems which are installed on top of Debian).
+used, unless Secure Boot is enabled. All other deployments use the standard
+``grub`` bootloader (this usually also applies to systems which are installed
+on top of Debian).
 
 
 .. _systembooting-installer-part-scheme:
@@ -30,9 +31,10 @@ The created partitions are:
   remaining space available for the chosen storage type
 
 Systems using ZFS as a root filesystem are booted with a kernel and initrd image
-stored on the 512 MB EFI System Partition. For legacy BIOS systems, ``grub`` is
-used, for EFI systems ``systemd-boot`` is used. Both are installed and configured
-to point to the ESPs.
+stored on the 512 MB EFI System Partition. For legacy BIOS systems, and EFI
+systems with Secure Boot enabled, ``grub`` is used, for EFI systems without
+Secure Boot, ``systemd-boot`` is used. Both are installed and configured to
+point to the ESPs.
 
 ``grub`` in BIOS mode (``--target i386-pc``) is installed onto the BIOS Boot
 Partition of all selected disks on all systems booted with ``grub`` (that is,
@@ -102,6 +104,15 @@ Proxmox Backup's kernel update synchronization mechanism, use the following:
 
   # proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sda2
 
+or
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  # proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sda2 grub
+
+to force initialization with Grub instead of systemd-boot, for example for
+Secure Boot support.
+
 Following this, `/etc/kernel/proxmox-boot-uuids`` should contain a new line with the
 UUID of the newly added partition. The ``init`` command will also automatically
 trigger a refresh of all configured ESPs.
-- 
2.39.2





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