Changeset 6541b70 for chapter08

Timestamp:

07/02/2010 12:01:06 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

b728ca9

Parents:

344f65a

Message:

Update to util-linix-ng-2.18

Exapand and reformat notes concerning grub.cfg

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9330 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter08/grub.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter08/grub.xml

@@ -110 +110 @@
 
 ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
-menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30.2-lfs65" {
+menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.34-lfs" {
         insmod ext2
         set root=(hd0,2)
@@ -148 +148 @@
 </computeroutput></screen>
 
-  <para>Note that even though there is a warning not to edit the file, you can
-  do so as long as you do not re-run <command>grub-mkconfig</command>.  The
-  <emphasis>search</emphasis> lines are not meaningful for LFS systems as that
-  command needs an initrd image for processing. If installing on a separate
-  partition the linux and initrd lines will not have the /boot on the file
-  names.  In this example the kernel files for a Ubuntu installation are
-  also found in <filename class="directory">/boot</filename>.</para>
+  <note>
+  <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem><para>Even though there is a warning not to edit the file, you
+      can do so as long as you do not re-run
+      <command>grub-mkconfig</command>.</para></listitem>
+
+      <listitem><para>The <emphasis>search</emphasis> lines are generally not
+      useful for LFS systems as that command only sets an internal GRUB
+      variable used to find the kernel image.  The <emphasis>set root</emphasis> 
+      command provides the same capability without the overhead of 
+      searching.</para></listitem>
+  
+      <listitem><para>The <emphasis>set root</emphasis> and 
+      <emphasis>insmod ext2</emphasis> commands can be moved out of the  
+      <emphasis>menuentry</emphasis> sections to apply to all sections of the file.
+      This leads to a simple section like:</para></listitem>
+
+      </itemizedlist>
+<screen><computeroutput>menuentry "Linux &linux-version;-lfs-&version;" {
+linux   /boot/vmlinux-&linux-version;-lfs-&version; root=/dev/sda2 ro
+}
+</computeroutput></screen>
+  
+  <itemizedlist>
+
+      <listitem><para>Passing a UUID to the kernel requires an initial ram disk
+      (initrd) not built by LFS.</para></listitem>
+  
+      <listitem><para>If the <filename>/boot</filename> partition is installed
+      on a separate partition, the linux and initrd lines should not have the
+      string <emphasis>/boot</emphasis> prefixed to the file
+      names.</para></listitem> 
+  
+      <listitem><para>In this example the kernel files for a Ubuntu
+      installation are also found in <filename
+      class="directory">/boot</filename>.</para></listitem>
+
+   </itemizedlist>
+   </note>
 
   </sect2>