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diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml deleted file mode 100644 index ff117d5c1..000000000 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,135 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- $Id$ --> - - <sect3 arch="ia64"> - <title>Install the <command>ELILO</command> Boot Loader - on a Hard Disk</title> -<para> - -The &architecture; boot loader is called <quote>elilo</quote>. -It is modeled on the <quote>lilo</quote> boot loader for the -x86 architecture and uses a similar configuration file. -However, instead of writing an MBR or partition boot record to -the disk, it copies the necessary files to a separate FAT formatted -disk partition and modifies the <guimenuitem>EFI Boot Manager</guimenuitem> -menu in the firmware to point to the files in the EFI partition. -The <command>elilo</command> boot loader is really in two parts. -The <filename>/usr/sbin/elilo</filename> command manages the partition and -copies files into it. -The <filename>elilo.efi</filename> program is copied into the EFI -partition and then run by the <quote>EFI Boot Manager</quote> to -do the actual work of loading and starting the Linux kernel. - -</para><para> - -The <quote>elilo</quote> configuration and installation is done as the -last step of installing the packages of the base installation. -&d-i; will present you with a list of potential disk partitions that it -has found suitable for an EFI partition. -Select the partition you set up earlier in the installation, typically -a partition on the same disk that contains your -<emphasis>root</emphasis> filesystem. - -</para> - - <warning><title>Choose the correct partition!</title> - -<para> - -The criterion for selecting a partition is that it must be a FAT format -filesystem with its <emphasis>boot</emphasis> flag set. -&d-i; may show multiple choices depending on what it finds from scanning -all of the disks of the system including EFI partitions of other system -disks and EFI diagnostic partitions. -Remember, <command>elilo</command> may format the partition during -the installation, erasing any previous contents! - -</para></warning> - - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="ia64"> - <title>EFI Partition Contents</title> - -<para> - -The EFI partition is a FAT filesystem format partition on one of the -hard disks of the system, usually the same disk that contains the -<emphasis>root</emphasis> filesystem. -It is normally not mounted on a running system as it is only needed -by the <quote>EFI Boot Manager</quote> to load the system and the -installer part of the <command>elilo</command> writes to the filesystem -directly. -The <command>/usr/sbin/elilo</command> utility writes the following files -into the <filename>efi/debian</filename> directory of the EFI -partition during the installation. -Note that the <quote>EFI Boot Manager</quote> would find these files -using the path <filename>fs<replaceable>n</replaceable>:\efi\debian</filename>. -There may be other files in this filesystem as well over time as -the system is updated or re-configured. - -</para> - -<variablelist> - -<varlistentry> -<term><filename>elilo.conf</filename></term> -<listitem><para> - -This is the configuration file read by the boot loader when it starts. -It is a copy of the <filename>/etc/elilo.conf</filename> with -the filenames re-written to refer to files in the EFI partition. - -</para></listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><filename>elilo.efi</filename></term> -<listitem><para> - -This is the boot loader program that the <quote>EFI Boot Manager</quote> -runs to boot the system. -It is the program behind the <guimenuitem>&debian; GNU/Linux</guimenuitem> -menu item of the <quote>EFI Boot Manager</quote> command menu. - -</para></listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><filename>initrd.img</filename></term> -<listitem><para> - -This is the initial root filesystem used to boot the kernel. -It is a copy of the file referenced in the -<filename>/etc/elilo.conf</filename>. -In a standard &debian; installation it would be the file in -<filename>/boot</filename> pointed to by the symbolic link -<filename>/initrd.img</filename>. - -</para></listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><filename>readme.txt</filename></term> -<listitem><para> - -This is a small text file warning you that the contents of the -directory are managed by the <command>elilo</command> and that -any local changes would be lost at the next time -<filename>/usr/sbin/elilo</filename> is run. - -</para></listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><filename>vmlinuz</filename></term> -<listitem><para> - -This is the compressed kernel itself. -It is a copy of the file referenced in the -<filename>/etc/elilo.conf</filename>. -In a standard &debian; installation it would be the file in -<filename>/boot</filename> pointed to by the symbolic link -<filename>/vmlinuz</filename>. - -</para></listitem></varlistentry> - -</variablelist> - - </sect3> |