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author | Damien Cassou <damien.cassou@gmail.com> | 2014-07-21 17:54:38 +0200 |
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committer | Damien Cassou <damien.cassou@gmail.com> | 2014-07-21 17:54:38 +0200 |
commit | 812da7cd2f9e6cfdd9592c1e397af378b76a4ed8 (patch) | |
tree | 53a99ebce0cecf55cca38a3557517ec166798eff /nixos/doc/manual | |
parent | cd3ba19ec0d8752dd98c6f3f24aac80ea28426c0 (diff) | |
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Adding a missing instruction for EFI installations
This commit also adds a link to rEFInd which is a useful tool to manage EFI systems. If this link is not desired, I can remove it.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml index 3da5e3009771..4cbfcc229fa4 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -320,7 +320,10 @@ changes: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>You should boot the live CD in UEFI mode (consult your - specific hardware's documentation for instructions).</para> + specific hardware's documentation for instructions). You may find + the <link + xlink:href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind">rEFInd + boot manager</link> useful.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Instead of <command>fdisk</command>, you should use @@ -336,6 +339,11 @@ changes: UEFI mode.</para> </listitem> <listitem> + <para>After having mounted your installation partition to + <code>/mnt</code>, you must mount the <code>boot</code> partition + to <code>/mnt/boot</code>.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>You may want to look at the options starting with <option>boot.loader.efi</option> and <option>boot.loader.gummiboot</option> as well.</para> |