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diff --git a/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.md b/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.md index 08a1c83e..3275d5a4 100644 --- a/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.md +++ b/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.md @@ -28,20 +28,25 @@ Prepare the USB drive (in GNU+Linux) If you downloaded your ISO on an existing GNU+Linux system, here is how to create the bootable GNU+Linux USB drive: -Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:\ -**\$ dmesg**\ -Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is:\ -**\$ lsblk** +Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg: + + $ dmesg + +Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is: + + $ lsblk Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For -example:\ -**\$ sudo umount /dev/sdX\***\ -**\# umount /dev/sdX\*** +example: + + $ sudo umount /dev/sdX\* + # umount /dev/sdX\* dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing your -distro ISO to it with dd. For example:\ -**\$ sudo dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync**\ -**\# dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync** +distro ISO to it with dd. For example: + + $ sudo dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync + # dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync You should now be able to boot the installer from your USB drive. Continue reading, for information about how to do that. @@ -71,18 +76,22 @@ Prepare the USB drive (in LibertyBSD or OpenBSD) If you downloaded your ISO on a LibertyBSD or OpenBSD system, here is how to create the bootable GNU+Linux USB drive: -Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:\ -**\$ dmesg | tail**\ -Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3:\ -**\$ disklabel sd3** +Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg: + + $ dmesg | tail +Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3: + + $ disklabel sd3 Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For -example:\ -**\$ doas umount /dev/sd3i**\ +example: + + $ doas umount /dev/sd3i dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing the -OpenBSD installer to it with dd. For example:\ -**\$ doas dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1M; sync**\ +OpenBSD installer to it with dd. For example: + + $ doas dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1M; sync You should now be able to boot the installer from your USB drive. Continue reading, for information about how to do that. @@ -146,13 +155,13 @@ distribution it is that you are trying to install.* If the ISOLINUX parser or *Search for GRUB configuration* options won't work, then press C in GRUB to access the command line.\ -grub> **ls**\ + grub> ls Get the device from above output, eg (usb0). Example:\ -grub> **cat (usb0)/isolinux/isolinux.cfg**\ + grub> cat (usb0)/isolinux/isolinux.cfg\ Either this will show the ISOLINUX menuentries for that ISO, or link to other .cfg files, for example /isolinux/foo.cfg.\ If it did that, then you do:\ -grub> **cat (usb0)/isolinux/foo.cfg**\ + grub> cat (usb0)/isolinux/foo.cfg And so on, until you find the correct menuentries for ISOLINUX. **The file */isolinux/foo.cfg* is a fictional example. Do not actually use this example, unless you actually have that file, if it is @@ -173,10 +182,10 @@ Now look at the ISOLINUX menuentry. It'll look like:\ append PARAMETERS initrd=/path/to/initrd MAYBE\_MORE\_PARAMETERS\ ** GRUB works the same way, but in it's own way. Example GRUB commands:\ -grub> **set root='usb0'**\ -grub> **linux /path/to/kernel PARAMETERS MAYBE\_MORE\_PARAMETERS**\ -grub> **initrd /path/to/initrd**\ -grub> **boot**\ + grub> set root='usb0'\ + grub> linux /path/to/kernel PARAMETERS MAYBE\_MORE\_PARAMETERS + grub> initrd /path/to/initrd + grub> boot Note: *usb0* may be incorrect. Check the output of the *ls* command in GRUB, to see a list of USB devices/partitions. Of course this will vary from distro to distro. If you did all of that correctly, then it should |