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diff --git a/chapter06/grub.xml b/chapter06/grub.xml index 721c2731e..9f5a0efe0 100644 --- a/chapter06/grub.xml +++ b/chapter06/grub.xml @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-grub" xreflabel="Grub" role="wrap"> +<sect1 id="ch-system-grub" role="wrap"> <title>Grub-&grub-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?> <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> @@ -17,28 +18,49 @@ <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, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> </sect2> <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>Prepare Grub for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> -<para>Now compile the package:</para> +<para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> -<para>Now install it:</para> +<para>Note that the test results will always show 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 an UFS +partition. The partitions are normally only used by Sun +workstations.</para> + +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install mkdir /boot/grub cp /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> + <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 @@ -52,9 +74,58 @@ copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename> and/or <sect2 id="contents-grub" role="content"><title>Contents of Grub</title> -<para>See testing</para> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>grub, grub-install, +grub-md5-crypt, grub-terminfo, and mbchk</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> -</sect2> +<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> +<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + +<varlistentry id="grub"> +<term><command>grub</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>The Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub"><primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="grub-install"> +<term><command>grub-install</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Installs GRUB on the given device</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> +<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></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="grub-terminfo"> +<term><command>grub-terminfo</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></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="mbchk"> +<term><command>mbchk</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></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect2> </sect1> + |