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| author |   Matěj Laitl <matej@laitl.cz> | 2011-10-11 21:14:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Matěj Laitl <matej@laitl.cz> | 2011-10-11 21:14:35 +0200 |
| commit | 721f29eb03e1d4f4fe88e09964ebe383cc0d27ea (patch) | |
| tree | 58d95a110e52e968b50efc36d56d522f0c5411bd | |
| parent | GRUB 2 Guide: move section that mentions `grub2-install` where it chronologic... (diff) | |
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GRUB 2 Guide: move 'Pre-Configuring GRUB 2 to use EFI' section where it chronologically belongs
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/grub-2-guide.xml | 128 |
1 files changed, 64 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/docs/grub-2-guide.xml b/docs/grub-2-guide.xml index a28bea3..a0d1e8f 100644 --- a/docs/grub-2-guide.xml +++ b/docs/grub-2-guide.xml @@ -177,70 +177,7 @@ failed. </section> <section> -<title>Configuring GRUB 2</title> -<body> - -<impo> -Gentoo installs all grub commands renamed to grub2. So if you read any other guide you -should replace all grub mentions with grub2 <i>(grub-mkconfig -> grub2-mkconfig)</i>. -</impo> - -<p> -Compared to GRUB Legacy, GRUB 2 uses automatic generation to generate -all the required entries for you to boot. This is handled by <i>grub2-mkconfig</i> -command that probes your system for all the required data. Cooperating with -<i>sys-boot/os-prober</i>, it detects even other OSes on all disks. -</p> - -<impo> -If you updated from GRUB Legacy then your <path>/boot/grub/menu.lst</path> -was converted to <path>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</path> to ensure that your system -can boot even if you forget to generate the config. Never the less you should -take time and migrate the configuration to be automatically generated, because -next time GRUB 2 is installed it will use automatic generation and ignore -GRUB Legacy files. -</impo> - -<pre caption="Generating the GRUB 2 config"> -grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg -</pre> - -<p> -Tweaking the options is to be done in the <path>/etc/defaults/grub</path> file. -Simple text file configuration with description of some default values. -All the options are described in grub2 info pages. -</p> - -<note> -This file is created by Gentoo and if you find an interesting option not used -in there just open a bugreport (possibly with a patch). -</note> - -<p> -Sometimes, if automatic detection of GRUB 2 does not suffice, the file <path> -/etc/grub.d/40_custom</path> should be used to store custom entries. Full -description how to configure such with examples can be found in grub2 info -pages. -</p> - -<pre caption="Custom menu entry"> -menuentry "My Shiny Gentoo Kernel" { - set root=(hd0,1) - search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set <UUID> - linux /boot/gentookernel-5.3.2-generic root=UUID=<UUID> - initrd /boot/initrd.img-5.3.2 -} -</pre> - -<warn> -Remember to replace the <i><UUID></i> with your device UUID. -</warn> - -</body> -</section> - -<section> -<title>Pre-Configuring GRUB 2 to use EFI</title> +<title>Variant B: Pre-Configuring GRUB 2 to use EFI</title> <body> <p> @@ -356,6 +293,69 @@ configuration. </section> <section> +<title>Configuring GRUB 2</title> +<body> + +<impo> +Gentoo installs all grub commands renamed to grub2. So if you read any other guide you +should replace all grub mentions with grub2 <i>(grub-mkconfig -> grub2-mkconfig)</i>. +</impo> + +<p> +Compared to GRUB Legacy, GRUB 2 uses automatic generation to generate +all the required entries for you to boot. This is handled by <i>grub2-mkconfig</i> +command that probes your system for all the required data. Cooperating with +<i>sys-boot/os-prober</i>, it detects even other OSes on all disks. +</p> + +<impo> +If you updated from GRUB Legacy then your <path>/boot/grub/menu.lst</path> +was converted to <path>/boot/grub2/grub.cfg</path> to ensure that your system +can boot even if you forget to generate the config. Never the less you should +take time and migrate the configuration to be automatically generated, because +next time GRUB 2 is installed it will use automatic generation and ignore +GRUB Legacy files. +</impo> + +<pre caption="Generating the GRUB 2 config"> +grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg +</pre> + +<p> +Tweaking the options is to be done in the <path>/etc/defaults/grub</path> file. +Simple text file configuration with description of some default values. +All the options are described in grub2 info pages. +</p> + +<note> +This file is created by Gentoo and if you find an interesting option not used +in there just open a bugreport (possibly with a patch). +</note> + +<p> +Sometimes, if automatic detection of GRUB 2 does not suffice, the file <path> +/etc/grub.d/40_custom</path> should be used to store custom entries. Full +description how to configure such with examples can be found in grub2 info +pages. +</p> + +<pre caption="Custom menu entry"> +menuentry "My Shiny Gentoo Kernel" { + set root=(hd0,1) + search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set <UUID> + linux /boot/gentookernel-5.3.2-generic root=UUID=<UUID> + initrd /boot/initrd.img-5.3.2 +} +</pre> + +<warn> +Remember to replace the <i><UUID></i> with your device UUID. +</warn> + +</body> +</section> + +<section> <title>Configuring with LVM</title> <body> |