Keshav: Mention only grub pkg in docs

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Tobias Powalowski 2013-06-22 20:29:23 +02:00
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@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Supported boot modes of Archboot media:
- It supports UEFI booting with gummiboot and EFISTUB, - It supports UEFI booting with gummiboot and EFISTUB,
for booting LTS kernels with efilinux-efi. for booting LTS kernels with efilinux-efi.
- It supports Secure Boot with prebootloader. - 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): variables used (below for example):
iso_loop_dev=UUID=XXXX iso_loop_dev=PARTUUID=XXXX
iso_loop_path=/blah/archboot.iso iso_loop_path=/blah/archboot.iso
- It supports booting using syslinux's memdisk (only in BIOS mode). - 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, - Filesystem support: ext2/3/4, btrfs, f2fs, nilfs2, reiserfs,xfs,jfs,
ntfs-3g,vfat ntfs-3g,vfat
- Name scheme support: PARTUUID, PARTLABEL, FSUUID, FSLABEL and KERNEL - 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 - Package selection support
- Signed package installation - Signed package installation
- hwdetect script is used for preconfiguration - hwdetect script is used for preconfiguration
@ -67,24 +67,18 @@ Interactive setup features:
mkinitcpio.conf, systemd, crypttab and mdadm.conf mkinitcpio.conf, systemd, crypttab and mdadm.conf
- Configuration of basic system files - Configuration of basic system files
- Setting root password - Setting root password
- grub-bios, grub-efi-x86_64, grub-efi-i386, refind-efi-x86_64, gummiboot, - grub(2) (BIOS and UEFI), refind-efi, gummiboot,
efilinux-efi, extlinux/syslinux bootloader support efilinux-efi, syslinux (BIOS and UEFI) bootloader support
FAQ, Known Issues and limitations: FAQ, Known Issues and limitations:
- Release specific known issues and workarounds are posted in changelog files. - Release specific known issues and workarounds are posted in changelog files.
- Check also the forum threads for posted fixes and workarounds. - Check also the forum threads for posted fixes and workarounds.
- Why screen stays blank or other weird screen issues happen? - Why screen stays blank or other weird screen issues happen?
Some hardware doesn't like the KMS activation, 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. - dmraid might be broken on some boards, support is not perfect here.
The reason is there are so many different hardware components out there. The reason is there are so many different hardware components out there.
At the moment 1.0.0rc16 is included, with latest fedora patchset. 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 - Why is parted used in setup routine, instead of cfdisk in
msdos partitiontable mode? msdos partitiontable mode?
- parted is the only linux partition program that can handle all type of - parted is the only linux partition program that can handle all type of

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@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ Introduction
* It supports UEFI booting with gummiboot and EFISTUB, * It supports UEFI booting with gummiboot and EFISTUB,
for booting LTS kernels with efilinux-efi. for booting LTS kernels with efilinux-efi.
* It supports Secure Boot with prebootloader. * 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): variables used (below for example):
iso_loop_dev=UUID=XXXX iso_loop_dev=PARTUUID=XXXX
iso_loop_path=/blah/archboot.iso iso_loop_path=/blah/archboot.iso
* It supports booting using syslinux's memdisk (only in BIOS mode). * 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, * Filesystem support: ext2/3/4,btrfs,nilfs2,f2fs,reiserfs,
xfs,jfs,ntfs-3g,vfat xfs,jfs,ntfs-3g,vfat
* Name scheme support: PARTUUID, PARTLABEL, FSUUID, FSLABEL and KERNEL * 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 * Package selection support
* Signed package installation * Signed package installation
* hwdetect script is used for preconfiguration * hwdetect script is used for preconfiguration
@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ Introduction
mkinitcpio.conf, systemd, crypttab and mdadm.conf mkinitcpio.conf, systemd, crypttab and mdadm.conf
* Configuration of basic system files * Configuration of basic system files
* Setting root password * Setting root password
* Bootloader support: grub-bios, grub-efi-x86_64, grub-efi-i386, * Bootloader support: grub(2) (BIOS and UEFI),
refind-efi-x86_64, gummiboot, efilinux-efi, extlinux/syslinux refind-efi, gummiboot, efilinux-efi, syslinux (BIOS and UEFI)
Archboot bootparameters Archboot bootparameters
@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ Common Installation Procedure
Install Bootloader Install Bootloader
Choose the bootloader you want to use, if you are unsure which one to use Choose the bootloader you want to use, if you are unsure which one to use
choose grub bootloader. choose grub(2) bootloader.
Exit Install Exit Install

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@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ autoprepare() {
[[ "$(which mkreiserfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} reiserfs Reiser3" [[ "$(which mkreiserfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} reiserfs Reiser3"
[[ "$(which mkfs.xfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} xfs XFS" [[ "$(which mkfs.xfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} xfs XFS"
[[ "$(which mkfs.jfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${FSOPTS} jfs JFS" [[ "$(which mkfs.jfs 2>/dev/null)" ]] && FSOPTS="${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 [[ "${GUIDPARAMETER}" = "yes" ]]; then if [[ "${GUIDPARAMETER}" = "yes" ]]; then
GUID_PART_SIZE="2" GUID_PART_SIZE="2"
@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ check_gpt() {
if [[ "${CHECK_BIOS_BOOT_GRUB}" == "1" ]]; then if [[ "${CHECK_BIOS_BOOT_GRUB}" == "1" ]]; then
if ! [[ "$(sgdisk -p ${DISC} | grep 'EF02')" ]]; then if ! [[ "$(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 ${DISC}. Please create a >=1 MB BIOS Boot partition for grub BIOS GPT support." 0 0
RUN_CGDISK="1" RUN_CGDISK="1"
fi fi
fi fi
@ -4716,7 +4716,7 @@ do_grub_bios() {
else else
DEVS="$(findbootloaderdisks _)" DEVS="$(findbootloaderdisks _)"
## grub-bios install to partition is not supported ## grub BIOS install to partition is not supported
# DEVS="${DEVS} $(findbootloaderpartitions _)" # DEVS="${DEVS} $(findbootloaderpartitions _)"
if [[ "${DEVS}" == "" ]]; then if [[ "${DEVS}" == "" ]]; then