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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-09-09 23:27:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-09-09 23:54:43 +0200 |
| commit | 44d5f54e31039d78f156bd9562dca293124eaa76 (patch) | |
| tree | 2650e88b54721a2e50d3bd27019fac41bbdd8c78 /doc | |
| parent | a9e5e92f940381e3a4ee828c6d8ff22a73067e17 (diff) | |
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system: grub: Allow arbitrary kernel file names in 'menu-entry'.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20067>.
Reported by Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@suse.cz>.
* gnu/system.scm (system-linux-image-file-name)
(operating-system-kernel-file): New procedures.
(operating-system-grub.cfg): Use 'operating-system-kernel-file' for the
'kernel' field of 'menu-entry'.
(operating-system-parameters-file): Likewise for the 'kernel' entry.
(read-boot-parameters): Adjust 'kernel' field so that it contains the
absolute file name of the image.
* gnu/system/grub.scm (grub-configuration-file)[linux-image-name]:
Remove.
[entry->gexp]: Assume LINUX is the absolute file name of the kernel
image.
* doc/guix.texi (GRUB Configuration): Add an example, and adjust
'kernel' field documentation accordingly.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6d3361878b..7ed8ee8130 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10622,9 +10622,23 @@ The @code{grub-theme} object describing the theme to use. @end deftp +@cindex dual boot +@cindex boot menu Should you want to list additional boot menu entries @i{via} the @code{menu-entries} field above, you will need to create them with the -@code{menu-entry} form: +@code{menu-entry} form. For example, imagine you want to be able to +boot another distro (hard to imagine!), you can define a menu entry +along these lines: + +@example +(menu-entry + (label "The Other Distro") + (linux "/boot/old/vmlinux-2.6.32") + (linux-arguments '("root=/dev/sda2")) + (initrd "/boot/old/initrd")) +@end example + +Details below. @deftp {Data Type} menu-entry The type of an entry in the GRUB boot menu. @@ -10635,7 +10649,11 @@ The type of an entry in the GRUB boot menu. The label to show in the menu---e.g., @code{"GNU"}. @item @code{linux} -The Linux kernel to boot. +The Linux kernel image to boot, for example: + +@example +(file-append linux-libre "/bzImage") +@end example @item @code{linux-arguments} (default: @code{()}) The list of extra Linux kernel command-line arguments---e.g., |