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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-07-05 11:44:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-07-05 11:44:46 +0200 |
| commit | fc0e663f782896f542d008c871d21b9cf636a75c (patch) | |
| tree | 46f77271fe4e2328a382636c95e120ab460c72cd /gnu | |
| parent | a043b5b81a080c47e24298c80857919b9ea21bb2 (diff) | |
| download | guix-fc0e663f782896f542d008c871d21b9cf636a75c.tar guix-fc0e663f782896f542d008c871d21b9cf636a75c.tar.gz | |
doc: Improve UEFI/BIOS bootloader documentation.
Partly fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/30312>.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Add note on how to choose
between UEFI and BIOS.
(Using the Configuration System)[Bootloader]: New subsubsection.
(Bootloader Configuration): Expound on the bootloader type and target.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Switch to UEFI.
* gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl: Explicitly mention "legacy" and
"BIOS" in the comments.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 8 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl index cb6d2623db..b763258e52 100644 --- a/gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl +++ b/gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ (timezone "Europe/Berlin") (locale "en_US.utf8") - ;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root" is - ;; the label of the target root file system. + ;; Boot in "legacy" BIOS mode, assuming /dev/sdX is the + ;; target hard disk, and "my-root" is the label of the target + ;; root file system. (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-bootloader) (target "/dev/sdX"))) diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl index e8740407d0..ea21e1df66 100644 --- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl +++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ (timezone "Europe/Paris") (locale "en_US.utf8") - ;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root" - ;; is the label of the target root file system. + ;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System + ;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi. (bootloader (bootloader-configuration - (bootloader grub-bootloader) - (target "/dev/sdX"))) + (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader) + (target "/boot/efi"))) ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition. ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'. |