---
name: "systemd-efi-boot-generator"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemd"
version: "215-17+deb8u7"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/systemd-efi-boot-generator"
---

# systemd-efi-boot-generator(8)

Generator for automatically mounting the EFI System Partition used by the current boot to /boot

## NAME

systemd-efi-boot-generator - Generator for automatically mounting the EFI System Partition used by the current boot to /boot

## SYNOPSIS

/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-efi-boot-generator

## DESCRIPTION

systemd-efi-boot-generator is a generator that automatically creates mount and automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP), mounting it to /boot. Note that this generator will execute no operation on non-EFI systems, on systems where the boot loader does not communicate the used ESP to the OS, on systems where /boot is an explicitly configured mount (for example, listed in [**fstab**(5)](/fstab/5.md)) or where the /boot mount point is non-empty. Since this generator creates an automount unit, the mount will only be activated on-demand, when accessed.

systemd-efi-boot-generator implements the **generator specification**\[1\].

## SEE ALSO

[**systemd**(1)](/systemd/1.md), [**systemd.mount**(5)](/systemd.mount/5.md), [**systemd.automount**(5)](/systemd.automount/5.md), [**systemd-gpt-auto-generator**(8)](/systemd-gpt-auto-generator/8.md), [**gummiboot**(8)](/gummiboot/8.md), [**fstab**(5)](/fstab/5.md)

## NOTES

- 1\.

  generator specification

  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators