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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 77435d897b..954ff90ff7 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7964,9 +7964,13 @@ in particular: @itemize @item -Make sure the @code{grub-configuration} form refers to the device you -want to install GRUB on. You also need to specify the @code{grub-efi} -package if you wish to use native UEFI boot. +Make sure the @code{grub-configuration} form refers to the target you +want to install GRUB on. It should mention @code{grub-bootloader} if +you are installing GRUB in the legacy way, or @code{grub-efi-bootloader} +for newer UEFI systems. For legacy systems, the @code{target} field +names a device, like @code{/dev/sda}; for UEFI systems it names a path +to a mounted EFI partition, like @code{/boot/efi}, and do make sure the +path is actually mounted. @item Be sure that your partition labels match the value of their respective @@ -17192,11 +17196,15 @@ The bootloader to use, as a @code{bootloader} object. For now Available bootloaders are described in @code{(gnu bootloader @dots{})} modules. -@item @code{device} -This is a string denoting the boot device. It must be a device name -understood by the bootloader @command{installer} command, such as -@code{/dev/sda} or @code{(hd0)} (for GRUB, @pxref{Invoking grub-install,,, grub, -GNU GRUB Manual}). +@item @code{target} +This is a string denoting the target onto which to install the +bootloader. The exact interpretation depends on the bootloader in +question; for @code{grub-bootloader}, for example, it should be a device +name understood by the bootloader @command{installer} command, such as +@code{/dev/sda} or @code{(hd0)} (for GRUB, @pxref{Invoking +grub-install,,, grub, GNU GRUB Manual}). For +@code{grub-efi-bootloader}, it should be the path to a mounted EFI file +system. @item @code{menu-entries} (default: @code{()}) A possibly empty list of @code{menu-entry} objects (see below), denoting @@ -17448,7 +17456,7 @@ files, packages, and so on. It also creates other essential files needed for the system to operate correctly---e.g., the @file{/etc}, @file{/var}, and @file{/run} directories, and the @file{/bin/sh} file. -This command also installs bootloader on the device specified in +This command also installs bootloader on the target specified in @file{my-os-config}, unless the @option{--no-bootloader} option was passed. |