Changeset c6e4dba for chapter10/grub.xml

Timestamp:

05/13/2024 04:19:48 PM (4 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/arm64

Children:

2324b83

Parents:

161a267

Message:

arm64: grub: Update references to BLFS

Now BLFS documents how to install only the GRUB components missing in
LFS, take the advantage.

Also if efibootmgr is available, it's easier to just run grub-install
w/o the --removable option instead of manually input some nasty
efibootmgr commands.

File:

• chapter10/grub.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter10/grub.xml

@@ -20 +20 @@
     <para>
       This section assume your system has UEFI support and you wish to boot
-      LFS with UEFI and GRUB built following the instructions in Chapter 8.
-    </para>
-    <para>
-      If you've installed GRUB for UEFI with optional dependencies following
-      BLFS, you should skip the instructions in this page but still learn the
-      syntax of <filename>grub.cfg</filename> and the method to specify
-      a partition in the file from this page, and configure GRUB with UEFI
-      using the instructions provided in
-      <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/grub-setup.html">the BLFS page</ulink>,
-      but replace <parameter>--target=x86_64-efi</parameter> with
-      <parameter>--target=arm64-efi</parameter> for the ARM64 system.
-    </para>
-    <para>
+      LFS with UEFI.
       If your system does not support UEFI or you don't want to use it,
       you'll need to figure out how to configure the booting process of
@@ -177 +165 @@
         variable for the newly installed boot loader.  Install
         <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/efibootmgr.html">efibootmgr</ulink>,
-        then run the following commands:
-
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mount -v -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
-efibootmgr -B -L LFS || true
-efibootmgr -c -L LFS -l '\EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.EFI' -d /dev/sda
-umount /sys/firmware/efi/efivars</userinput></screen>
-
-        Replace <filename>/dev/sda</filename> with the device node of the
-        hard drive where you are installing GRUB into.  For some UEFI
-        firmwares, <option>-e 3</option> option may be needed for the
-        <command>efibootmgr -c</command> command.
+        and follow
+        <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/grub-setup.html">the BLFS
+        instruction</ulink> to run the <command>grub-install</command>
+        command without the <parameter>--removable</parameter> option then.
       </para>
     </note>