3 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 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'.
diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index 28d399f2b1..b4db69f068 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ then
 else
     PS1='\\u@\\h \\w\\$ '
 fi
-alias ls='ls -p --color'
+alias ls='ls -p --color=auto'
 alias ll='ls -l'
-alias grep='grep --color'\n"))
+alias grep='grep --color=auto'\n"))
         (zlogin    (plain-file "zlogin" "\
 # Honor system-wide environment variables
 source /etc/profile\n"))