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authorPete Travis <immanetize@fedoraproject.org>2014-01-28 20:58:10 -0700
committerPete Travis <immanetize@fedoraproject.org>2014-01-28 20:58:10 -0700
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Started GRUB-configuration, to explain how to meddle with GRUB configs.
Initially, just talking about paths.
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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "Fedora_Multiboot_Guide.ent">
+%BOOK_ENTITIES;
+
+]>
+
+<section id="GRUB-configuration">
+ <title>Configuring the GRUB Bootloader</title>
+ <para>
+ GRUB configuration files can be found in several places:
+ </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title><filename>/etc/default/grub</filename></title>
+ <para>
+ Configuration for GRUB itself is defined in <filename>/etc/default/grub</filename>. The default options used when creating new entries for Fedora can also be found here.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title><filename class="directory">/etc/grub.d/</filename></title>
+ <para>
+ Files in <filename class="directory">/etc/grub.d</filename> are used as templates for creating new GRUB entries as well as custom boot entries.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title><filename class="directory">/boot</filename></title>
+ <para>
+ The <filename class="directory">/boot</filename></title> directory contains Fedora's kernel and <systemitem class="filesystem">initramfs</systemitem>.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <para>
+ On BIOS systems, this directory also contains the configuration for GRUB itself.
+ </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title><filename class="directory">/boot/efi/EFI</filename></title>
+ <para>
+ This directory is only found on UEFI systems, and is within the UEFI System Partition. Both GRUB configuration files and the GRUB executable can be found in <filename class="directory">/boot/efi/EFI</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </formalpara>
+</section>
+