lfs-book/chapter06/grub.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-grub" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>grub</productname>
    <productnumber>&grub-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&grub-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GRUB-&grub-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub">
    <primary sortas="a-Grub">GRUB</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The GRUB package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&grub-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&grub-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GRUB</title>

    <para>Prepare GRUB for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir build
cd build
../configure --prefix=/usr           \
             --sysconfdir=/etc       \
             --disable-grub-emu      \
             --disable-grub-emu-usb  \
             --disable-grub-fstest   \
             --disable-efiemu</userinput></screen>

    <para>Using a separate build directory keeps the 2400 generated 
    files out of the main directory and is recommended by the developers.
    The --disable switches just minimize what is built by disabling
    features and testing programs not really needed for LFS.</para>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

  <para>Using GRUB to make your LFS system bootable will be discussed in 
  <xref linkend="ch-bootable-grub"/>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-gRUB" role="content">
    <title>Contents of GRUB</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>grub-editenv, grub-mkelfimage, grub-mkfont, grub-mkimage,
        grub-mkrescue, grub-dumpbios, grub-install, grub-mkconfig, 
        grub-mkdevicemap,  grub-probe, grub-setup</seg>

        <seg>/usr/lib/grub, /etc/grub.d, /usr/share/grub, /usr/inclue/grub</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="grub-editenv">
        <term><command>grub-editenv</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A tool to edit the environment block</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-editenv">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-editenv">grub-editenv</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-mkelfimage">
        <term><command>grub-mkelfimage</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkelfimage">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkelfimage">grub-mkelfimage</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-mkfont">
        <term><command>grub-mkfont</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Update fonts for GRUB use</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkfont">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkfont">grub-mkfont</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-mkimage">
        <term><command>grub-mkimage</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkimage">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkimage">grub-mkimage</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-mkrescue">
        <term><command>grub-mkrescue</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB suitable for a floppy disk</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkrescue">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkrescue">grub-mkrescue</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-dumpbios">
        <term><command>grub-dumpbios</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Create vbios and int10 dump</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-dumpbios">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-dumpbios">grub-dumpbios</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-install">
        <term><command>grub-install</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Install GRUB on your drive</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-mkconfig">
        <term><command>grub-mkconfig</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Generate a grub config file</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkconfig">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkconfig">grub-mkconfig</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-mkdevicemap">
        <term><command>grub-mkdevicemap</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Generate a device map file automatically</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkdevicemap">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkdevicemap">grub-mkdevicemap</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-probe">
        <term><command>grub-probe</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Probe device information for a given path or device</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-probe">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-probe">grub-probe</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grub-setup">
        <term><command>grub-setup</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Set up images to boot from a device</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-setup">
            <primary sortas="b-grub-setup">grub-setup</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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