From a292182f917a4104b223016e041410498f4d47a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeroen Schot Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:10:27 +0000 Subject: Restart Dutch translation of D-I manual in PO format. --- nl/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml | 135 -------------------------- 1 file changed, 135 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 nl/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml (limited to 'nl/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml') diff --git a/nl/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml b/nl/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 0c8088cb8..000000000 --- a/nl/using-d-i/modules/ia64/elilo-installer.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,135 +0,0 @@ - - - - - Install the <command>ELILO</command> Boot Loader - on a Hard Disk - - -The &architecture; boot loader is called elilo. -It is modeled on the lilo 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 EFI Boot Manager -menu in the firmware to point to the files in the EFI partition. -The elilo boot loader is really in two parts. -The /usr/sbin/elilo command manages the partition and -copies files into it. -The elilo.efi program is copied into the EFI -partition and then run by the EFI Boot Manager to -do the actual work of loading and starting the Linux kernel. - - - -The elilo 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 -root filesystem. - - - - Choose the correct partition! - - - -The criteria for selecting a partition is that it is FAT format -filesystem with its boot 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, elilo may format the partition during -the installation, erasing any previous contents! - - - - - - - EFI Partition Contents - - - -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 -root filesystem. -It is normally not mounted on a running system as it is only needed -by the EFI Boot Manager to load the system and the -installer part of the elilo writes to the filesystem -directly. -The /usr/sbin/elilo utility writes the following files -into the efi/debian directory of the EFI -partition during the installation. -Note that the EFI Boot Manager would find these files -using the path fsn:\efi\debian. -There may be other files in this filesystem as well over time as -the system is updated or re-configured. - - - - - - -elilo.conf - - -This is the configuration file read by the boot loader when it starts. -It is a copy of the /etc/elilo.conf with -the filenames re-written to refer to files in the EFI partition. - - - - -elilo.efi - - -This is the boot loader program that the EFI Boot Manager -runs to boot the system. -It is the program behind the &debian; GNU/Linux -menu item of the EFI Boot Manager command menu. - - - - -initrd.img - - -This is the initial root filesystem used to boot the kernel. -It is a copy of the file referenced in the -/etc/elilo.conf. -In a standard &debian; installation it would be the file in -/boot pointed to by the symbolic link -/initrd.img. - - - - -readme.txt - - -This is a small text file warning you that the contents of the -directory are managed by the elilo and that -any local changes would be lost at the next time -/usr/sbin/elilo is run. - - - - -vmlinuz - - -This is the compressed kernel itself. -It is a copy of the file referenced in the -/etc/elilo.conf. -In a standard &debian; installation it would be the file in -/boot pointed to by the symbolic link -/vmlinuz. - - - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3