From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqutv-0007F7-VI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C7C4E095B; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68775E095B for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from stork.gentoo.org (stork.gentoo.org [64.127.104.133]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F19367C29 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nightmorph by stork.gentoo.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqutu-0005sr-Hp for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:50 +0000 From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook X-VCS-Committer: nightmorph X-VCS-Committer-Name: Joshua Saddler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: Sender: Joshua Saddler Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:50 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4dfa7381-d5a0-41db-bb54-209f6cb9954c X-Archives-Hash: 7d60dfec4a5e6e514d5ff1103d4dcec8 nightmorph 09/09/24 20:26:50 Modified: hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml Log: Added real_rootflags info to the handbook. bug 273803. thanks to mpagan= o for the patch Revision Changes Path 1.14 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-boot= loader.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml?rev=3D1.14&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml?rev=3D1.14&content-type=3Dtext/p= lain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml?r1=3D1.13&r2=3D1.14 Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+a= md64-bootloader.xml,v retrieving revision 1.13 retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 --- hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml 15 Apr 2009 07:23:57 -0000 1.13 +++ hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml 24 Sep 2009 20:26:50 -0000 1.14 @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ =20 - + =20 =20 -6.3 -2009-04-15 +6.4 +2009-09-24 =20
Making your Choice @@ -346,6 +346,13 @@

=20

+If your bootloader configuration file contains the real_root parameter u= se the +rootflags parameter to set root filesystem mount options. In the case wh= ere=20 +real_root defines the root mount point, the real_rootflags parameter sho= uld be=20 +used. +

+ +

If you're using a 2.6.7 or higher kernel and you jumpered your harddrive because the BIOS can't handle large harddrives you'll need to append sda=3Dstroke. Replace sda with the device that requires this opti= on.