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Diffstat (limited to 'vmdb/plugins/grub.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | vmdb/plugins/grub.mdwn | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/vmdb/plugins/grub.mdwn b/vmdb/plugins/grub.mdwn index 037d4d3..75314f8 100644 --- a/vmdb/plugins/grub.mdwn +++ b/vmdb/plugins/grub.mdwn @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ Step: grub ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Install the GRUB bootloader to the image. Works on a PC for -traditional BIOS booting and both a PC and arm64 machines for modern -UEFI booting. Does not (yet?) support Secure Boot. +traditional BIOS booting, PC and ARM machines for modern +UEFI booting, and PowerPC machines for IEEE1275 booting. Supports Secure Boot +for amd64 UEFI. Warning: This is the least robust part of vmdb2. @@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ Step keys: * `tag` — REQUIRED; value is the tag for the root filesystem. * `efi` — REQUIRED for UEFI; value is the tag for the EFI - filesystem. + partition. + +* `prep` — REQUIRED for IEEE1275; value is the tag for the + PReP partition. * `console` — OPTIONAL; set to `serial` to configure the image to use a serial console. @@ -35,13 +39,21 @@ Example (in the .vmdb file): - grub: bios tag: root -Same, but for UEFI: +Same, but for UEFI, assuming that a FAT32 filesystem exists on the +partition with tag `efi`: - grub: uefi tag: root efi: efi console: serial +Or for IEEE1275, assuming that a partition with tag `prep` exists: + + - grub: ieee1275 + tag: root + prep: prep + console: serial + Install to a real hard disk (named with the `--image` option): - grub: uefi |