Author: bdubbs
Date: 2012-01-11 16:00:09 -0700 (Wed, 11 Jan 2012)
New Revision: 9708
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter08/grub.xml
Log:
Add additional information about setting up a separate boot partition.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2012-01-11 22:39:06 UTC (rev 9707)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2012-01-11 23:00:09 UTC (rev 9708)
@@ -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>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter08/grub.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter08/grub.xml 2012-01-11 22:39:06 UTC (rev 9707)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter08/grub.xml 2012-01-11 23:00:09 UTC (rev 9708)
@@ -135,18 +135,25 @@
}</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>
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