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1<?xml version="1.0"?>
2<!--*-nxml-*-->
3<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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22<refentry id="systemd-gpt-auto-generator">
23
24 <refentryinfo>
25 <title>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</title>
26 <productname>systemd</productname>
27
28 <authorgroup>
29 <author>
30 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
31 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
32 <surname>Poettering</surname>
33 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
34 </author>
35 </authorgroup>
36 </refentryinfo>
37
38 <refmeta>
39 <refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle>
40 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
41 </refmeta>
42
43 <refnamediv>
44 <refname>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refname>
45 <refpurpose>Generator for automatically discovering
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46 and mounting root, <filename>/home</filename> and
47 <filename>/srv</filename> partitions, as well as
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48 discovering and enabling swap partitions, based on GPT
49 partition type GUIDs.</refpurpose>
50 </refnamediv>
51
52 <refsynopsisdiv>
53 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename></para>
54 </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56 <refsect1>
57 <title>Description</title>
58
59 <para><filename>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename>
73b80ec2 60 is a unit generator that automatically discovers root,
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61 <filename>/home</filename>, <filename>/srv</filename>
62 and swap partitions and creates mount and swap units
dca348bc 63 for them, based on the partition type GUIDs of
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64 GUID partition tables (GPT). It implements the <ulink
65 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
66 Partitions Specification</ulink>. Note that this
67 generator has no effect on non-GPT systems, on systems
68 where the units are explicitly configured (for
69 example, listed in
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70 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
71 or where the mount points are non-empty.</para>
d67ca9ab 72
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73 <para>This generator will only look for root
74 partitions on the same physical disk the EFI System
75 Partition (ESP) is located on. It will only look for
76 the other partitions on the same physical disk the
77 root file system is located on. These partitions will
dca348bc 78 not be searched on systems where the root file system is
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79 distributed on multiple disks, for example via btrfs
80 RAID.</para>
d67ca9ab 81
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82 <para><filename>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename>
83 is useful for centralizing file system configuration
84 in the partition table and making manual configuration
85 in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> or suchlike
d67ca9ab 86 unnecessary.</para>
8410d73f 87
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88 <para>This generator looks for the partitions based on
89 their partition type GUID. The following partition
90 type GUIDs are identified:</para>
91
92 <table>
93 <title>Partition Type GUIDs</title>
94 <tgroup cols='3' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
95 <colspec colname="guid" />
73b80ec2 96 <colspec colname="name" />
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97 <colspec colname="explanation" />
98 <thead>
99 <row>
100 <entry>Partition Type GUID</entry>
73b80ec2 101 <entry>Name</entry>
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102 <entry>Explanation</entry>
103 </row>
104 </thead>
105 <tbody>
106 <row>
79fbcd88 107 <entry>44479540-f297-41b2-9af7-d131d5f0458a</entry>
73b80ec2 108 <entry><filename>Root Partition (x86)</filename></entry>
b8bde116 109 <entry>On 32-bit x86 systems, the first x86 root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
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110 </row>
111 <row>
79fbcd88 112 <entry>4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709</entry>
73b80ec2 113 <entry><filename>Root Partition (x86-64)</filename></entry>
b8bde116 114 <entry>On 64-bit x86 systems, the first x86-64 root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
9788205f 115 </row>
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116 <row>
117 <entry>69dad710-2ce4-4e3c-b16c-21a1d49abed3</entry>
70a44afe 118 <entry><filename>Root Partition (32-bit ARM)</filename></entry>
b8bde116 119 <entry>On 32-bit ARM systems, the first ARM root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
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120 </row>
121 <row>
122 <entry>b921b045-1df0-41c3-af44-4c6f280d3fae</entry>
70a44afe 123 <entry><filename>Root Partition (64-bit ARM)</filename></entry>
b8bde116 124 <entry>On 64-bit ARM systems, the first ARM root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
a351a679 125 </row>
9788205f 126 <row>
79fbcd88 127 <entry>933ac7e1-2eb4-4f13-b844-0e14e2aef915</entry>
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128 <entry>Home Partition</entry>
129 <entry>The first home partition on the disk the root partition is located on is mounted to <filename>/home</filename>.</entry>
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130 </row>
131 <row>
79fbcd88 132 <entry>3b8f8425-20e0-4f3b-907f-1a25a76f98e8</entry>
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133 <entry>Server Data Partition</entry>
134 <entry>The first server data partition on the disk the root partition is located on is mounted to <filename>/srv</filename>.</entry>
135 </row>
136 <row>
79fbcd88 137 <entry>0657fd6d-a4ab-43c4-84e5-0933c84b4f4f</entry>
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138 <entry>Swap</entry>
139 <entry>All swap partitions located on the disk the root partition is located on are enabled.</entry>
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140 </row>
141 </tbody>
142 </tgroup>
143 </table>
144
145 <para>The <filename>/home</filename> and
146 <filename>/srv</filename> partitions may be encrypted
147 in LUKS format. In this case a device mapper device is
148 set up under the names
149 <filename>/dev/mapper/home</filename> and
150 <filename>/dev/mapper/srv</filename>. Note that this
151 might create conflicts if the same partition is listed
152 in <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> with a different
153 device mapper device name.</para>
154
155 <para>Also note that
156 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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157 will mount the EFI System Partition (ESP) to
158 <filename>/boot</filename> if not otherwise mounted.</para>
159
160 <para>When using this generator in conjunction with
b8bde116 161 btrfs file systems, make sure to set the correct
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162 default subvolumes on them, using <command>btrfs
163 subvolume set-default</command>.</para>
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164
165 <para><filename>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename>
166 implements the <ulink
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167 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators">Generator
168 Specification</ulink>.</para>
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169 </refsect1>
170
171 <refsect1>
172 <title>See Also</title>
173 <para>
174 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
175 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
176 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
9788205f 177 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
d67ca9ab 178 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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179 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
180 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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181 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
182 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>btrfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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183 </para>
184 </refsect1>
185
186</refentry>