Changeset f48e5aa for chapter08

Timestamp:

01/11/2012 11:00:09 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

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Children:

6c3ab2e

Parents:

09d0e59

Message:

Add additional information about setting up a separate boot partition.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9708 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

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

chapter08/grub.xml

@@ -136 +136 @@
 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
@@ -142 +149 @@
     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>