BOOK/chapter08/grub.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-grub" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>grub</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&grub-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&grub-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>GRUB-&grub-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Grub">GRUB</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The GRUB package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.</para>
  27
  28     <segmentedlist>
  29       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  30       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  31
  32       <seglistitem>
  33         <seg>&grub-fin-sbu;</seg>
  34         <seg>&grub-fin-du;</seg>
  35       </seglistitem>
  36     </segmentedlist>
  37
  38   </sect2>
  39
  40   <sect2 role="installation">
  41     <title>Installation of GRUB</title>
  42
  43     <para>Prepare GRUB for compilation:</para>
  44
  45 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr          \
  46             --sbindir=/sbin        \
  47             --sysconfdir=/etc      \
  48             --disable-efiemu       \
  49             --disable-werror</userinput></screen>
  50
  51     <variablelist>
  52       <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
  53
  54       <varlistentry>
  55         <term><parameter>--disable-werror</parameter></term>
  56         <listitem>
  57           <para>This allows the build to complete with warnings introduced
  58           by more recent Flex versions.</para>
  59         </listitem>
  60       </varlistentry>
  61
  62       <varlistentry>
  63         <term><parameter>--disable-efiemu</parameter></term>
  64         <listitem>
  65           <para>This option minimizes what is built by disabling a feature and
  66           testing programs not needed for LFS.</para>
  67         </listitem>
  68       </varlistentry>
  69
  70     </variablelist>
  71
  72     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  73
  74 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  75
  76     <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
  77
  78     <para>Install the package:</para>
  79
  80 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
  81 mv -v /etc/bash_completion.d/grub /usr/share/bash-completion/completions</userinput></screen>
  82
  83   <para>Using GRUB to make your LFS system bootable will be discussed in
  84   <xref linkend="ch-bootable-grub"/>.</para>
  85
  86   </sect2>
  87
  88   <sect2 id="contents-gRUB" role="content">
  89     <title>Contents of GRUB</title>
  90
  91     <segmentedlist>
  92       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  93       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  94
  95       <seglistitem>
  96
  97        <seg>grub-bios-setup,      grub-editenv,    grub-file,        grub-fstest,
  98             grub-glue-efi,        grub-install,    grub-kbdcomp,     grub-macbless,
  99             grub-menulst2cfg,     grub-mkconfig,
 100                                   grub-mkimage,    grub-mklayout,    grub-mknetdir,
 101             grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2, grub-mkrelpath,  grub-mkrescue,    grub-mkstandalone,
 102             grub-ofpathname,      grub-probe,      grub-reboot,      grub-render-label,
 103             grub-script-check,
 104             grub-set-default,     grub-sparc64-setup, and grub-syslinux2cfg</seg>
 105
 106         <seg>/usr/lib/grub, /etc/grub.d, /usr/share/grub, and /boot/grub (when grub-install
 107         is first run)</seg>
 108       </seglistitem>
 109     </segmentedlist>
 110
 111     <variablelist>
 112       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 113       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 114       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 115
 116       <varlistentry id="grub-bios-setup">
 117         <term><command>grub-bios-setup</command></term>
 118         <listitem>
 119           <para>Is a helper program for grub-install</para>
 120           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-bios-setup">
 121             <primary sortas="b-grub-bios-setup">grub-bios-setup</primary>
 122           </indexterm>
 123         </listitem>
 124       </varlistentry>
 125
 126       <varlistentry id="grub-editenv">
 127         <term><command>grub-editenv</command></term>
 128         <listitem>
 129           <para>A tool to edit the environment block</para>
 130           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-editenv">
 131             <primary sortas="b-grub-editenv">grub-editenv</primary>
 132           </indexterm>
 133         </listitem>
 134       </varlistentry>
 135
 136       <varlistentry id="grub-file">
 137         <term><command>grub-file</command></term>
 138         <listitem>
 139           <para>Checks if FILE is of the specified type.</para>
 140           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-file">
 141             <primary sortas="b-grub-file">grub-file</primary>
 142           </indexterm>
 143         </listitem>
 144       </varlistentry>
 145
 146       <varlistentry id="grub-fstest">
 147         <term><command>grub-fstest</command></term>
 148         <listitem>
 149           <para>Tool to debug the filesystem driver</para>
 150           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-fstest">
 151             <primary sortas="b-grub-fstest">grub-fstest</primary>
 152           </indexterm>
 153         </listitem>
 154       </varlistentry>
 155
 156       <varlistentry id="grub-glue-efi">
 157         <term><command>grub-glue-efi</command></term>
 158         <listitem>
 159           <para>Processes ia32 and amd64 EFI images and glues them
 160           according to Apple format.</para>
 161           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-glue-efi">
 162             <primary sortas="b-grub-glue-efi">grub-glue-efi</primary>
 163           </indexterm>
 164         </listitem>
 165       </varlistentry>
 166
 167       <varlistentry id="grub-install">
 168         <term><command>grub-install</command></term>
 169         <listitem>
 170           <para>Install GRUB on your drive</para>
 171           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install">
 172             <primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary>
 173           </indexterm>
 174         </listitem>
 175       </varlistentry>
 176
 177       <varlistentry id="grub-kbdcomp">
 178         <term><command>grub-kbdcomp</command></term>
 179         <listitem>
 180           <para>Script that converts an xkb layout into one recognized by
 181           GRUB</para>
 182           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-kbdcomp">
 183             <primary sortas="b-grub-kbdcomp">grub-kbdcomp</primary>
 184           </indexterm>
 185         </listitem>
 186       </varlistentry>
 187
 188       <varlistentry id="grub-macbless">
 189         <term><command>grub-macbless</command></term>
 190         <listitem>
 191           <para>Mac-style bless on HFS or HFS+ files</para>
 192           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-macbless">
 193             <primary sortas="b-grub-macbless">grub-macbless</primary>
 194           </indexterm>
 195         </listitem>
 196       </varlistentry>
 197
 198       <varlistentry id="grub-menulst2cfg">
 199         <term><command>grub-menulst2cfg</command></term>
 200         <listitem>
 201           <para>Converts a GRUB Legacy <filename>menu.lst</filename>
 202           into a <filename>grub.cfg</filename> for use with GRUB 2</para>
 203           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-menulst2cfg">
 204             <primary sortas="b-grub-menulst2cfg">grub-menulst2cfg</primary>
 205           </indexterm>
 206         </listitem>
 207       </varlistentry>
 208
 209       <varlistentry id="grub-mkconfig">
 210         <term><command>grub-mkconfig</command></term>
 211         <listitem>
 212           <para>Generate a grub config file</para>
 213           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkconfig">
 214             <primary sortas="b-grub-mkconfig">grub-mkconfig</primary>
 215           </indexterm>
 216         </listitem>
 217       </varlistentry>
 218
 219       <varlistentry id="grub-mkimage">
 220         <term><command>grub-mkimage</command></term>
 221         <listitem>
 222           <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB</para>
 223           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkimage">
 224             <primary sortas="b-grub-mkimage">grub-mkimage</primary>
 225           </indexterm>
 226         </listitem>
 227       </varlistentry>
 228
 229       <varlistentry id="grub-mklayout">
 230         <term><command>grub-mklayout</command></term>
 231         <listitem>
 232           <para>Generates a GRUB keyboard layout file</para>
 233           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mklayout">
 234             <primary sortas="b-grub-mklayout">grub-mklayout</primary>
 235           </indexterm>
 236         </listitem>
 237       </varlistentry>
 238
 239       <varlistentry id="grub-mknetdir">
 240         <term><command>grub-mknetdir</command></term>
 241         <listitem>
 242           <para>Prepares a GRUB netboot directory</para>
 243           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mknetdir">
 244             <primary sortas="b-grub-mknetdir">grub-mknetdir</primary>
 245           </indexterm>
 246         </listitem>
 247       </varlistentry>
 248
 249       <varlistentry id="grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2">
 250         <term><command>grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2</command></term>
 251         <listitem>
 252           <para>Generates an encrypted PBKDF2 password for use in the boot
 253           menu</para>
 254           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2">
 255             <primary sortas="b-grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2">grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2</primary>
 256           </indexterm>
 257         </listitem>
 258       </varlistentry>
 259
 260       <varlistentry id="grub-mkrelpath">
 261         <term><command>grub-mkrelpath</command></term>
 262         <listitem>
 263           <para>Makes a system pathname relative to its root</para>
 264           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkrelpath">
 265             <primary sortas="b-grub-mkrelpath">grub-mkrelpath</primary>
 266           </indexterm>
 267         </listitem>
 268       </varlistentry>
 269
 270       <varlistentry id="grub-mkrescue">
 271         <term><command>grub-mkrescue</command></term>
 272         <listitem>
 273           <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB suitable for a floppy disk or CDROM/DVD</para>
 274           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkrescue">
 275             <primary sortas="b-grub-mkrescue">grub-mkrescue</primary>
 276           </indexterm>
 277         </listitem>
 278       </varlistentry>
 279
 280       <varlistentry id="grub-mkstandalone">
 281         <term><command>grub-mkstandalone</command></term>
 282         <listitem>
 283           <para>Generates a standalone image</para>
 284           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkstandalone">
 285             <primary sortas="b-grub-mkstandalone">grub-mkstandalone</primary>
 286           </indexterm>
 287         </listitem>
 288       </varlistentry>
 289
 290       <varlistentry id="grub-ofpathname">
 291         <term><command>grub-ofpathname</command></term>
 292         <listitem>
 293           <para>Is a helper program that prints the path of a GRUB device</para>
 294           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-ofpathname">
 295             <primary sortas="b-grub-ofpathname">grub-ofpathname</primary>
 296           </indexterm>
 297         </listitem>
 298       </varlistentry>
 299
 300       <varlistentry id="grub-probe">
 301         <term><command>grub-probe</command></term>
 302         <listitem>
 303           <para>Probe device information for a given path or device</para>
 304           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-probe">
 305             <primary sortas="b-grub-probe">grub-probe</primary>
 306           </indexterm>
 307         </listitem>
 308       </varlistentry>
 309
 310       <varlistentry id="grub-reboot">
 311         <term><command>grub-reboot</command></term>
 312         <listitem>
 313           <para>Sets the default boot entry for GRUB for the next boot only</para>
 314           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-reboot">
 315             <primary sortas="b-grub-reboot">grub-reboot</primary>
 316           </indexterm>
 317         </listitem>
 318       </varlistentry>
 319
 320       <varlistentry id="grub-render-label">
 321         <term><command>grub-render-label</command></term>
 322         <listitem>
 323           <para>Render Apple .disk_label for Apple Macs</para>
 324           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-render-label">
 325             <primary sortas="b-grub-render-label">grub-render-label</primary>
 326           </indexterm>
 327         </listitem>
 328       </varlistentry>
 329
 330       <varlistentry id="grub-script-check">
 331         <term><command>grub-script-check</command></term>
 332         <listitem>
 333           <para>Checks GRUB configuration script for syntax errors</para>
 334           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-script-check">
 335             <primary sortas="b-grub-script-check">grub-script-check</primary>
 336           </indexterm>
 337         </listitem>
 338       </varlistentry>
 339
 340       <varlistentry id="grub-set-default">
 341         <term><command>grub-set-default</command></term>
 342         <listitem>
 343           <para>Sets the default boot entry for GRUB</para>
 344           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-set-default">
 345             <primary sortas="b-grub-set-default">grub-set-default</primary>
 346           </indexterm>
 347         </listitem>
 348       </varlistentry>
 349
 350       <varlistentry id="grub-sparc64-setup">
 351         <term><command>grub-sparc64-setup</command></term>
 352         <listitem>
 353           <para>Is a helper program for grub-setup</para>
 354           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-sparc64-setup">
 355             <primary sortas="b-grub-sparc64-setup">grub-setup</primary>
 356           </indexterm>
 357         </listitem>
 358       </varlistentry>
 359
 360       <varlistentry id="grub-syslinux2cfg">
 361         <term><command>grub-syslinux2cfg</command></term>
 362         <listitem>
 363           <para>Transform a syslinux config file into grub.cfg format</para>
 364           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-syslinux2cfg">
 365             <primary sortas="b-grub-syslinux2cfg">grub-syslinux2cfg</primary>
 366           </indexterm>
 367         </listitem>
 368       </varlistentry>
 369
 370     </variablelist>
 371
 372   </sect2>
 373
 374 </sect1>