Changeset 81a73ed8 for postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml

Timestamp:

03/25/2020 03:07:11 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pieere@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

986f53b9

Parents:

fa3edfef

Message:

Format postlfs config

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@22886 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml

@@ -19 +19 @@
     <title>Decent Rescue Boot Device Needs</title>
 
-    <para>This section is really about creating a <emphasis>rescue</emphasis>
-    device.  As the name <emphasis>rescue</emphasis> implies, the host
-    system has a problem, often lost partition information or corrupted file
-    systems, that prevents it from booting and/or operating normally.  For
-    this reason, you <emphasis>must not</emphasis> depend on resources from
-    the host being "rescued".  To presume that any given partition or hard
-    drive <emphasis>will</emphasis> be available is a risky presumption.</para>
+    <para>
+      This section is really about creating a <emphasis>rescue</emphasis>
+      device.  As the name <emphasis>rescue</emphasis> implies, the host
+      system has a problem, often lost partition information or corrupted file
+      systems, that prevents it from booting and/or operating normally.  For
+      this reason, you <emphasis>must not</emphasis> depend on resources from
+      the host being "rescued".  To presume that any given partition or hard
+      drive <emphasis>will</emphasis> be available is a risky presumption.
+    </para>
 
-    <para>In a modern system, there are many devices that can be
-    used as a rescue device: floppy, cdrom, usb drive, or even a network card.
-    Which one you use depends on your hardware and your BIOS.  In the past,
-    a rescue device was thought to be a floppy disk.  Today, many
-    systems do not even have a floppy drive.</para>
+    <para>
+      In a modern system, there are many devices that can be used as a
+      rescue device: floppy, cdrom, usb drive, or even a network card.
+      Which one you use depends on your hardware and your BIOS.  In the past,
+      a rescue device was thought to be a floppy disk.  Today, many
+      systems do not even have a floppy drive.
+    </para>
 
-    <para>Building a complete rescue device is a challenging task.  In many
-    ways, it is equivalent to building an entire LFS system.
-    In addition, it would be a repetition of information already available.
-    For these reasons, the procedures for a rescue device image are not
-    presented here.</para>
+    <para>
+      Building a complete rescue device is a challenging task.  In many
+      ways, it is equivalent to building an entire LFS system.
+      In addition, it would be a repetition of information already available.
+      For these reasons, the procedures for a rescue device image are not
+      presented here.
+    </para>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -44 +50 @@
     <title>Creating a Rescue Floppy</title>
 
-    <para>The software of today's systems has grown large.  Linux 2.6 no longer
-    supports booting directly from a floppy.  In spite of this, there are solutions
-    available using older versions of Linux.  One of the best is Tom's Root/Boot
-    Disk available at <ulink url='http://www.toms.net/rb/'/>.  This will provide a
-    minimal Linux system on a single floppy disk and provides the ability to
-    customize the contents of your disk if necessary.</para>
+    <para>
+      The software of today's systems has grown large.  Linux 2.6 no longer
+      supports booting directly from a floppy.  In spite of this, there are
+      solutions available using older versions of Linux.  One of the best is
+      Tom's Root/Boot Disk available at <ulink
+      url='http://www.toms.net/rb/'/>.  This will provide a minimal Linux
+      system on a single floppy disk and provides the ability to customize
+      the contents of your disk if necessary.
+    </para>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -56 +65 @@
     <title>Creating a Bootable CD-ROM</title>
 
-    <para>There are several sources that can be used for a rescue CD-ROM.
-    Just about any commercial distribution's installation CD-ROMs or
-    DVDs will work.  These include RedHat, Ubuntu, and SuSE.  One
-    very popular option is Knoppix.</para>
+    <para>
+      There are several sources that can be used for a rescue CD-ROM.
+      Just about any commercial distribution's installation CD-ROMs or
+      DVDs will work.  These include RedHat, Ubuntu, and SuSE.  One
+      very popular option is Knoppix.
+    </para>
 
-    <para>Also, the LFS Community has developed its own LiveCD available at
-    <ulink url='http://www.&lfs-domainname;/livecd/'/>.  This LiveCD, is no
-    longer capable of building an entire LFS/BLFS system, but is still a
-    good rescue CD-ROM.  If you download the
-    ISO image, use <xref linkend="xorriso"/> to copy the image to a
-    CD-ROM.</para>
+    <para>
+      Also, the LFS Community has developed its own LiveCD available at
+      <ulink url='http://www.&lfs-domainname;/livecd/'/>.  This LiveCD, is no
+      longer capable of building an entire LFS/BLFS system, but is still a
+      good rescue CD-ROM.  If you download the
+      ISO image, use <xref linkend="xorriso"/> to copy the image to a
+      CD-ROM.
+    </para>
 
-    <para>The instructions for using GRUB2 to make a custom rescue CD-ROM are
-    also available in <ulink
-    url='http://www.&lfs-domainname;/lfs/view/stable/chapter08/grub.html'>LFS
-    Chapter 8</ulink>.</para>
+    <para>
+      The instructions for using GRUB2 to make a custom rescue CD-ROM are
+      also available in <ulink
+      url='http://www.&lfs-domainname;/lfs/view/stable/chapter08/grub.html'>LFS
+      Chapter 8</ulink>.
+    </para>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -78 +93 @@
     <title>Creating a Bootable USB Drive</title>
 
-    <para>A USB Pen drive, sometimes called a Thumb drive, is recognized by Linux as
-    a SCSI device.  Using one of these devices as a rescue device has the advantage
-    that it is usually large enough to hold more than a minimal boot image.  You
-    can save critical data to the drive as well as use it to diagnose and recover
-    a damaged system.  Booting such a drive requires BIOS support, but building the
-    system consists of formatting the drive, adding <application>GRUB</application>
-    as well as the Linux kernel and supporting files.</para>
+    <para>
+      A USB Pen drive, sometimes called a Thumb drive, is recognized by Linux
+      as a SCSI device.  Using one of these devices as a rescue device has
+      the advantage that it is usually large enough to hold more than a
+      minimal boot image.  You can save critical data to the drive as well
+      as use it to diagnose and recover a damaged system.  Booting such a
+      drive requires BIOS support, but building the system consists of
+      formatting the drive, adding <application>GRUB</application> as well
+      as the Linux kernel and supporting files.
+    </para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
-    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/CreatingaCustomBootDevice'/></para>
+    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/CreatingaCustomBootDevice'/>
+    </para>
 
   </sect2>