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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-07-05 11:44:46 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-07-05 11:44:46 +0200
commitfc0e663f782896f542d008c871d21b9cf636a75c (patch)
tree46f77271fe4e2328a382636c95e120ab460c72cd /gnu
parenta043b5b81a080c47e24298c80857919b9ea21bb2 (diff)
downloadguix-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.tmpl5
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl8
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'.