[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/08/15 08:14:11

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #467034 - Info on virtio disks and device mapping table

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1.29                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml

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Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml
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--- hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml	11 Sep 2012 22:49:21 -0000	1.28
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml	15 Aug 2013 08:14:10 -0000	1.29
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml,v 1.28 2012/09/11 22:49:21 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml,v 1.29 2013/08/15 08:14:10 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
-<version>12</version>
-<date>2012-09-11</date>
+<version>13</version>
+<date>2013-08-15</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Making your Choice</title>
@@ -325,6 +325,16 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
+When using Linux virtio disks, we need to tell grub where to find the disks as
+the <c>grub-install</c> command will otherwise fail. This is done by adding the
+device definition to the <path>device.map</path> file:
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Adding the virtio disk to the device map table">
+# <i>echo "(hd0)	/dev/vda" >> /boot/grub/device.map</i>
+</pre>
+
+<p>
 Now we can install GRUB using <c>grub-install</c>:
 </p>