Update to GRUB-1.97

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9088 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

1 files changed, 100 insertions, 64 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/grub.xml b/chapter06/grub.xml
index 77795c2f3..a442e8d63 100644
--- a/chapter06/grub.xml
+++ b/chapter06/grub.xml
@@ -40,52 +40,35 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of GRUB</title>
 
-    <para>This package is known to have issues when its default
-    optimization flags (including the <parameter>-march</parameter> and
-    <parameter>-mcpu</parameter> options) are changed. If any environment
-    variables that override default optimizations have been defined, such
-    as <envar>CFLAGS</envar> and <envar>CXXFLAGS</envar>,
-    unset them when building GRUB.</para>
-
-    <para>Start by applying the following patch to allow for better drive
-    detection, fix some GCC 4.x issues, and provide better SATA support
-    for some disk controllers:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&grub-geometry-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>By default, GRUB doesn't support ext2 filesystems with 256-byte inodes.
-    Fix this by applying the following patch:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&grub-inode-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare GRUB for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir build
+cd build
+../configure --prefix=/usr           \
+             --sysconfdir=/etc       \
+             --disable-largefile     \
+             --disable-grub-emu      \
+             --disable-grub-emu-usb  \
+             --disable-grub-fstest   \
+             --disable-efiemu</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Using a separate build directory keeps the 2400 generated 
+    files out of the main directory and is recommeded by the developers.
+    The --disable switches just minimze what is built by disabling
+    features and testing programs not really needed for LFS.</para>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install
-mkdir -v /boot/grub
-cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever
-    directory is appropriate for the hardware in use.</para>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory
-    contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different
-    ones for different file systems. Review the files available and copy
-    the appropriate ones to the <filename
-    class="directory">/boot/grub</filename> directory. Most users will
-    copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename> and/or
-    <filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para>
+  <para>Using GRUB to make you LFS system bootable will be discussed in 
+  <xref linkend="ch-bootable-grub"/>.</para>
 
   </sect2>
 
@@ -94,10 +77,14 @@ cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
 
     <segmentedlist>
       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>grub, grub-install, grub-md5-crypt, grub-set-default,
-        grub-terminfo, and mbchk</seg>
+        <seg>grub-editenv, grub-mkelfimage, grub-mkfont, grub-mkimage,
+        grub-mkrescue, grub-dumpbios, grub-install, grub-mkconfig, 
+        grub-mkdevicemap,  grub-probe, grub-setup</seg>
+
+        <seg>/usr/lib/grub, /etc/grub.d, /usr/share/grub, /usr/inclue/grub</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -106,12 +93,62 @@ cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 
-      <varlistentry id="grub">
-        <term><command>grub</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="grub-editenv">
+        <term><command>grub-editenv</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>A tool to edit the environment block</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-editenv">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-editenv">grub-editenv</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="grub-mkelfimage">
+        <term><command>grub-mkelfimage</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkelfimage">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkelfimage">grub-mkelfimage</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="grub-mkfont">
+        <term><command>grub-mkfont</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Update fonts for GRUB use</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkfont">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkfont">grub-mkfont</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="grub-mkimage">
+        <term><command>grub-mkimage</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkimage">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkimage">grub-mkimage</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="grub-mkrescue">
+        <term><command>grub-mkrescue</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB suitable for a floppy disk</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkrescue">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkrescue">grub-mkrescue</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="grub-dumpbios">
+        <term><command>grub-dumpbios</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>The Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub">
-            <primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary>
+          <para>Create vbios and int10 dump</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-dumpbios">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-dumpbios">grub-dumpbios</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -119,50 +156,49 @@ cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="grub-install">
         <term><command>grub-install</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Installs GRUB on the given device</para>
+          <para>Install GRUB on your drive</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install">
             <primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="grub-md5-crypt">
-        <term><command>grub-md5-crypt</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="grub-mkconfig">
+        <term><command>grub-mkconfig</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Encrypts a password in MD5 format</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt">
-            <primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary>
+          <para>Generate a grub config file</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkconfig">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkconfig">grub-mkconfig</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="grub-set-default">
-        <term><command>grub-set-default</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="grub-mkdevicemap">
+        <term><command>grub-mkdevicemap</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Sets the default boot entry for GRUB</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-set-default">
-            <primary sortas="b-grub-set-default">grub-set-default</primary>
+          <para>Generate a device map file automatically</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkdevicemap">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkdevicemap">grub-mkdevicemap</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="grub-terminfo">
-        <term><command>grub-terminfo</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="grub-probe">
+        <term><command>grub-probe</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Generates a terminfo command from a terminfo name; it can be
-          employed if an unknown terminal is being used</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo">
-            <primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary>
+          <para>Probe device information for a given path or device</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-probe">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-probe">grub-probe</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="mbchk">
-        <term><command>mbchk</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="grub-setup">
+        <term><command>grub-setup</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Checks the format of a multi-boot kernel</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk">
-            <primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary>
+          <para>Set up images to boot from a device</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-setup">
+            <primary sortas="b-grub-setup">grub-setup</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>