Grub menu and help changes

Added some help files for USB booting and Legacy IDE.
Also added a releasenotes submenu

Signed-off-by: Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>
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Aaron Griffin 2009-01-24 20:22:08 -06:00
parent 430668e015
commit 5e7331334e
8 changed files with 90 additions and 9 deletions

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@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ splashimage=/boot/splash.xpm.gz
title << Back to main menu
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
title HELP: Using Legacy IDE
cat /boot/help/legacyide.txt
pause Press enter to continue...
title HELP: Booting from USB
cat /boot/help/usb.txt
pause Press enter to continue...
title HOW-TO: Boot an existing system
cat /boot/help/bootexisting.txt
pause Press enter to continue...

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@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ title Boot ArchLinux LiveCD
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 ramdisk_size=75%
initrd /boot/archiso_pata.img
title Boot ArchLinux LiveCD [Legacy IDE]
title Boot ArchLinux LiveCD [Legacy IDE, no SATA]
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 ramdisk_size=75%
initrd /boot/archiso_ide.img
title Release Notes
# Note: onyl 23 lines of release notes for now
cat /boot/releasenotes.txt
pause Press enter to continue...
title Tools...
configfile /boot/grub/tools.lst

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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ kernel /vmlinuz26 ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.2:/boot/dir
title [EDIT ME] Boot Existing Linux Install
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
title [EDIT ME] Boot Existing Windows Install

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@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
HOWTO: Boot an existing install
HOW-TO: Boot an existing system
-------------------------------
Select "More Options" from the main menu.
Move the cursor to "[EDIT ME] Boot an existing linux install"
@ -20,5 +21,3 @@ points to a partition _only_ containing /boot, then /vmlinuz26 is fine.
Otherwise, change this to /boot/vmlinuz. root= should be changed to match the
partition for your root filesystem. Other kernel parameters can be added here.

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@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
HOWTO: Contribute to these help files
HOW-TO: Contribute to this help
-------------------------------
This help is rather simplistic.
In order to provide help files or translations you simply need to make a text
@ -7,9 +8,8 @@ characters wide, and 23 lines long. Any more, and your formatting will be
corrupted when viewing the help. Please note that if your help is short, it is
worthwhile to pad with empty lines, up to 23 lines.
Please send any and all help files you wish to contribute, or any ideas for
help, to arch@archlinux.org with "[isohelp]" in the title.
Please post any and all help files you wish to contribute, to the ArchLinux bug
tracker at http://bugs.archlinux.org

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@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
HELP: Using Legacy IDE
----------------------
The Legacy IDE boot option is intended to boot older systems where the CD does
not properly detect CD-ROMs or harddrives. Note that it does NOT contain modules
for SATA drives.

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HELP: Booting from USB
----------------------
Some USB devices need time to settle before they can be mounted. If you
experience failures booting your USB device, it is recommended that you append
the "usbdelay" kernel parameter to the kernel params. A setting of "usbdelay=10"
is recommended.

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ArchLinux LiveCD - 2009.01
Release Notes
--------------------------
** TODO **