From ad3fb46933c36d355810fa0efa071f792f3ca67e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Powalowski Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 20:29:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Keshav: Mention only grub pkg in docs --- usr/share/archboot/docs/Readme.txt | 18 ++++++------------ usr/share/archboot/installer/archboot.txt | 12 ++++++------ usr/share/archboot/installer/setup | 6 +++--- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/docs/Readme.txt b/usr/share/archboot/docs/Readme.txt index b39b9bf08..5f4afd527 100644 --- a/usr/share/archboot/docs/Readme.txt +++ b/usr/share/archboot/docs/Readme.txt @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Supported boot modes of Archboot media: - It supports UEFI booting with gummiboot and EFISTUB, for booting LTS kernels with efilinux-efi. - It supports Secure Boot with prebootloader. -- It supports grub's iso loopback support. +- It supports grub(2)'s iso loopback support. variables used (below for example): - iso_loop_dev=UUID=XXXX + iso_loop_dev=PARTUUID=XXXX iso_loop_path=/blah/archboot.iso - It supports booting using syslinux's memdisk (only in BIOS mode). @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Interactive setup features: - Filesystem support: ext2/3/4, btrfs, f2fs, nilfs2, reiserfs,xfs,jfs, ntfs-3g,vfat - Name scheme support: PARTUUID, PARTLABEL, FSUUID, FSLABEL and KERNEL -- Mount support of grub loopback and memdisk installation media +- Mount support of grub(2) loopback and memdisk installation media - Package selection support - Signed package installation - hwdetect script is used for preconfiguration @@ -67,24 +67,18 @@ Interactive setup features: mkinitcpio.conf, systemd, crypttab and mdadm.conf - Configuration of basic system files - Setting root password -- grub-bios, grub-efi-x86_64, grub-efi-i386, refind-efi-x86_64, gummiboot, - efilinux-efi, extlinux/syslinux bootloader support +- grub(2) (BIOS and UEFI), refind-efi, gummiboot, + efilinux-efi, syslinux (BIOS and UEFI) bootloader support FAQ, Known Issues and limitations: - Release specific known issues and workarounds are posted in changelog files. - Check also the forum threads for posted fixes and workarounds. - Why screen stays blank or other weird screen issues happen? Some hardware doesn't like the KMS activation, - use radeon.modeset=0 or i915.modeset=0 on boot prompt. + use nouveau.modeset=0 or radeon.modeset=0 or i915.modeset=0 or nomodeset on boot prompt. - dmraid might be broken on some boards, support is not perfect here. The reason is there are so many different hardware components out there. At the moment 1.0.0rc16 is included, with latest fedora patchset. -- grub2 cannot detect correct bios boot order: - It may happen that hd(x,x) entries are not correct, - thus first reboot may not work. - Reason: grub cannot detect bios boot order. - Fix: Either change bios boot order or change menu.lst to correct entries - after successful boot. This cannot be fixed it is a restriction in grub2! - Why is parted used in setup routine, instead of cfdisk in msdos partitiontable mode? - parted is the only linux partition program that can handle all type of diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/installer/archboot.txt b/usr/share/archboot/installer/archboot.txt index ae782fd11..073057811 100644 --- a/usr/share/archboot/installer/archboot.txt +++ b/usr/share/archboot/installer/archboot.txt @@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ Introduction * It supports UEFI booting with gummiboot and EFISTUB, for booting LTS kernels with efilinux-efi. * It supports Secure Boot with prebootloader. - * It supports grub's iso loopback support. + * It supports grub(2)'s iso loopback support. variables used (below for example): - iso_loop_dev=UUID=XXXX + iso_loop_dev=PARTUUID=XXXX iso_loop_path=/blah/archboot.iso * It supports booting using syslinux's memdisk (only in BIOS mode). @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Introduction * Filesystem support: ext2/3/4,btrfs,nilfs2,f2fs,reiserfs, xfs,jfs,ntfs-3g,vfat * Name scheme support: PARTUUID, PARTLABEL, FSUUID, FSLABEL and KERNEL - * Mount support of grub loopback and memdisk installation media + * Mount support of grub(2) loopback and memdisk installation media * Package selection support * Signed package installation * hwdetect script is used for preconfiguration @@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ Introduction mkinitcpio.conf, systemd, crypttab and mdadm.conf * Configuration of basic system files * Setting root password - * Bootloader support: grub-bios, grub-efi-x86_64, grub-efi-i386, - refind-efi-x86_64, gummiboot, efilinux-efi, extlinux/syslinux + * Bootloader support: grub(2) (BIOS and UEFI), + refind-efi, gummiboot, efilinux-efi, syslinux (BIOS and UEFI) Archboot bootparameters @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Common Installation Procedure Install Bootloader Choose the bootloader you want to use, if you are unsure which one to use - choose grub bootloader. + choose grub(2) bootloader. Exit Install diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup index 44d4b45ba..87fcdc862 100755 --- a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup +++ b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup @@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ autoprepare() { [[ "$(which mkreiserfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} reiserfs Reiser3" [[ "$(which mkfs.xfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} xfs XFS" [[ "$(which mkfs.jfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} jfs JFS" - # create 1 MB bios_grub partition for grub-bios GPT support + # create 1 MB bios_grub partition for grub BIOS GPT support if [[ "${GUIDPARAMETER}" = "yes" ]]; then GUID_PART_SIZE="2" @@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ check_gpt() { if [[ "${CHECK_BIOS_BOOT_GRUB}" == "1" ]]; then if ! [[ "$(sgdisk -p ${DISC} | grep 'EF02')" ]]; then - DIALOG --msgbox "Setup detected no BIOS BOOT PARTITION in ${DISC}. Please create a >=1 MB BIOS Boot partition for grub-bios GPT support." 0 0 + DIALOG --msgbox "Setup detected no BIOS BOOT PARTITION in ${DISC}. Please create a >=1 MB BIOS Boot partition for grub BIOS GPT support." 0 0 RUN_CGDISK="1" fi fi @@ -4716,7 +4716,7 @@ do_grub_bios() { else DEVS="$(findbootloaderdisks _)" - ## grub-bios install to partition is not supported + ## grub BIOS install to partition is not supported # DEVS="${DEVS} $(findbootloaderpartitions _)" if [[ "${DEVS}" == "" ]]; then