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| author | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2023-08-14 09:15:54 +0800 |
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| committer | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2023-08-14 09:16:49 +0800 |
| commit | 93ec8b32bf6486d3fdb47bb11c5b91120d442647 (patch) | |
| tree | 177be6dc80043ee295f1c8d222f936c8e3919ebf | |
| parent | f0b518a01e2cfaf12c277ca6fb4cf30e96498d8a (diff) | |
grub cfg: Add an explanation for the insmod commands
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter10/grub.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter10/grub.xml b/chapter10/grub.xml index 965fa56c3..f232a1675 100644 --- a/chapter10/grub.xml +++ b/chapter10/grub.xml @@ -150,6 +150,24 @@ menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux &linux-version;-lfs-&version;" { }</literal> EOF</userinput></screen> + <para> + The <command>insmod</command> commands load the + <application>GRUB</application> modules named + <filename>part_gpt</filename> and <filename>ext2</filename>. + Despite the naming, <filename>ext2</filename> actually supports + <systemitem class='filesystem'>ext2</systemitem>, + <systemitem class='filesystem'>ext3</systemitem>, and + <systemitem class='filesystem'>ext4</systemitem> filesystems. + The <command>grub-install</command> command has embedded some modules + into the main <application>GRUB</application> image (installed into + the MBR or the GRUB BIOS partition) to access the other modules + (in <filename class='directory'>/boot/grub/i386-pc</filename>) without + a chicken-or-egg issue, so with a typical configuration these two + modules are already embedded and those two <command>insmod</command> + commands will do nothing. But they do no harm anyway, and they may + be needed with some rare configurations. + </para> + <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 |