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| author | Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> | 2018-06-15 09:52:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> | 2018-06-15 14:16:37 +0200 |
| commit | 4ce4fc501035a8ef461e10d5f3df6ea3a63c7572 (patch) | |
| tree | 1cfa6216bff505a57129d703428fdfcf284f65a6 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 0017e55f892828f7a4d29a50f06e5146270ab8cb (diff) | |
| download | guix-4ce4fc501035a8ef461e10d5f3df6ea3a63c7572.tar.gz | |
system: Add os-with-u-boot.
* gnu/system/install.scm (os-with-u-boot): New procedure. * gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm (make-u-boot-package): Export. * doc/guix.texi (Building the Installation Image for ARM Boards): New subsection.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index d86ac5044f..a90af34f80 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -8881,6 +8881,22 @@ Have a look at @file{gnu/system/install.scm} in the source tree, and see also @ref{Invoking guix system} for more information about the installation image. +@subsection Building the Installation Image for ARM Boards + +Many ARM boards require a specific variant of the +@uref{http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot} bootloader. + +If you build a disk image and the bootloader is not available otherwise +(on another boot drive etc), it's advisable to build an image that +includes the bootloader, specifically: + +@example +guix system disk-image --system=armhf-linux -e '((@@ (gnu system install) os-with-u-boot) (@@ (gnu system install) installation-os) "A20-OLinuXino-Lime2")' +@end example + +@code{A20-OLinuXino-Lime2} is the name of the board. If you specify an invalid +board, a list of possible boards will be printed. + @node System Configuration @section System Configuration |