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diff --git a/chapter06/grub.xml b/chapter06/grub.xml index 50b5ea048..b5bb86dde 100644 --- a/chapter06/grub.xml +++ b/chapter06/grub.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub"><primary sortas="a-Grub">Grub</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Grub package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,110 +17,42 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>10 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Grub installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Grub</title> -<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its default -optimization flags (including the <parameter>-march</parameter> and -<parameter>-mcpu</parameter> options). Therefore, if you -have defined any environment variables that override default optimizations, -such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend un-setting them when building -Grub.</para> - <para>Prepare Grub for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> -<para>Now compile the rest of the package:</para> +<para>Now compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> -<para>Note that the test results will always give the error - <quote>ufs2_stage1_5 is too big</quote>. This is due to a compiler issue, - but can be ignored unless you plan to boot from a UFS partition, normally only - used by Sun workstations. -</para> - <para>Now install it:</para> <screen><userinput>make install mkdir /boot/grub cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen> -<para>Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever -directory is appropriate for your hardware.</para> - -<para>The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory also -contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different ones -for different file systems. Have a look at the ones available and copy the -appropriate ones to the <filename class="directory">/boot/grub</filename> -directory. Most people will copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename> -and/or <filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para> +<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> </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-grub" role="content"><title>Contents of Grub</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>grub, grub-install, -grub-md5-crypt, grub-terminfo and mbchk</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="grub"> -<term><command>grub</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub"><primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the GRand Unified Bootloader's command shell.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grub-install"> -<term><command>grub-install</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install"><primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary></indexterm> -<para>installs GRUB on the given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grub-md5-crypt"> -<term><command>grub-md5-crypt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt"><primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary></indexterm> -<para>encrypts a password in MD5 format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grub-terminfo"> -<term><command>grub-terminfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo"><primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates a terminfo command from a -terminfo name. It can be used if you have an uncommon terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mbchk"> -<term><command>mbchk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk"><primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks the format of a multi-boot kernel.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> |