From fc0e663f782896f542d008c871d21b9cf636a75c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 11:44:46 +0200 Subject: doc: Improve UEFI/BIOS bootloader documentation. Partly fixes . * 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. --- gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl') 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'. -- cgit v1.2.3