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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2012-01-11 23:00:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2012-01-11 23:00:09 +0000 |
| commit | f48e5aa6c824267aa6a61be5a5e212d0cab2bd27 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ae450aef99b434d80dd866f8e5ef31387abee00 | |
| parent | 09d0e596f9e68470b28ef4d5e77efba15eefa657 (diff) | |
Add additional information about setting up a separate boot partition.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9708 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/grub.xml | 11 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 64e9ab82c..92fd57dc3 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ <para>2012-01-11</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Add clarification to the GRUB configuration about + using a separate boot partition. </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[matthew] - Remove Libnl, as it's not actually required by IPRoute2 after all. Thanks to Markku Pesonen for the pointer to the upstream fix.</para> diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml index 869a2f0ee..8221355fd 100644 --- a/chapter08/grub.xml +++ b/chapter08/grub.xml @@ -135,18 +135,25 @@ menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux &linux-version;-lfs-&version;" { }</literal> EOF</userinput></screen> + <note><para>From <application>GRUB</application>'s perspective, the + kernel files are relative to the partition used. If you + used a separate /boot partition, remove /boot from the above + <emphasis>linux</emphasis> line. You will also need to change the + <emphasis>set root</emphasis> line to point to the boot partition. + </para></note> + <para>GRUB is an extremely powerful program and it provides a tremendous number of options for booting from a wide variety of devices, operating systems, and partition types. There are also many options for customization such as graphical splash screens, playing sounds, mouse input, etc. The details of these options are beyond the scope of this introduction.</para> - <note><para>There is a command, <application>grub-mkconfig</application> that + <caution><para>There is a command, <application>grub-mkconfig</application>, that can write a configuration file automatically. It uses a set of scripts in /etc/grub.d/ and will destroy any customizations that you make. These scripts are designed primarily for non-source distributions and are not recommended for LFS. If you install a commercial Linux distribution, there is a good chance - that this program will be run. Be sure to back up your grub.cfg file.</para></note> + that this program will be run. Be sure to back up your grub.cfg file.</para></caution> </sect2> |