Added instructions for adding Haiku to grub2. Fixes #6031.
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@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ InstallerApp::ReadyToRun()
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"This is alpha-quality software! It means there is a high risk of "
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"losing important data. Make frequent backups! You have been "
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"warned.\n\n"
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"warned.\n\n\n"
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"1) If you are installing Haiku onto real hardware (not inside an "
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"emulator) it is recommended that you have already prepared a hard "
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@ -114,18 +114,22 @@ InstallerApp::ReadyToRun()
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"initialize existing partitions with the Haiku native file system, "
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"but the options to change the actual partition layout may not have "
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"been tested on a sufficiently great variety of computer "
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"installations so we do not recommend using it.\n"
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"configurations so we do not recommend using it.\n"
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"If you have not created a partition yet, simply reboot, create the "
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"partition using whatever tool you feel most comfortable with, and "
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"reboot into Haiku to continue with the installation. You could for "
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"example use the GParted Live-CD, it can also resize existing "
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"partitions to make room.\n\n"
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"partitions to make room.\n\n\n"
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"2) The Installer will take no steps to integrate Haiku into an "
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"existing boot menu. The Haiku partition itself will be made "
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"bootable. If you have GRUB already installed, edit your "
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"/boot/grub/menu.lst by launching your favorite editor from a "
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"Terminal like this:\n\n"
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"2) The Installer will make the Haiku partition itself bootable, "
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"but takes no steps to integrate Haiku into an existing boot menu. "
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"If you have GRUB already installed, you can add Haiku to its boot "
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"menu. Depending on what version of GRUB you use, this is done "
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"differently.\n\n\n"
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"2.1) GRUB 1\n"
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"Configure your /boot/grub/menu.lst by launching your favorite "
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"editor from a Terminal like this:\n\n"
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"\tsudo <your favorite text editor> /boot/grub/menu.lst\n\n"
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@ -134,11 +138,11 @@ InstallerApp::ReadyToRun()
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"With GRUB it's: (hdN,n)\n\n"
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"All harddisks start with \"hd\"\n"
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"All hard disks start with \"hd\".\n"
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"\"N\" is the hard disk number, starting with \"0\".\n"
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"\"n\" is the partition number, also starting with \"0\".\n"
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"The first logical partition always has the number 4, regardless of "
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"the number of primary partitions.\n\n"
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"The first logical partition always has the number \"4\", regardless "
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"of the number of primary partitions.\n\n"
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"So behind the other menu entries towards the bottom of the file, add "
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"something similar to these lines:\n\n"
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@ -148,7 +152,48 @@ InstallerApp::ReadyToRun()
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"\trootnoverify\t\t(hd0,6)\n"
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"\tchainloader\t\t+1\n\n"
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"You can see the correct partition in GParted for example.\n\n"
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"You can see the correct partition in GParted for example.\n\n\n"
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"2.2) GRUB 2\n"
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"Newer versions of GRUB use an extra configuration file to add "
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"custom entries to the boot menu. To add them to the top, you have "
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"to create/edit a file by launching your favorite editor from a "
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"Terminal like this:\n\n"
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"\tsudo <your favorite text editor> /etc/grub.d/40_custom\n\n"
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"NOTE: While the naming strategy for hard disks is still as described "
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"under 2.1) the naming scheme for partitions has changed.\n\n"
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"GRUB's naming scheme is still: (hdN,n)\n\n"
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"All hard disks start with \"hd\".\n"
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"\"N\" is the hard disk number, starting with \"0\".\n"
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"\"n\" is the partition number, which for GRUB 2 starts with \"1\"\n"
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"With GRUB 2 the first logical partition always has the number \"5\", "
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"regardless of the number of primary partitions.\n\n"
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"So below the heading that must not be edited, add something similar "
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"to these lines:\n\n"
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"\t# Haiku on /dev/sda7\n"
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"\tmenuentry \"Haiku Alpha\" {\n"
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"\t\tset root=(hd0,7)\n"
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"\t\tchainloader +1\n"
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"\t}\n\n"
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"Additionally you have to edit another file to actually display the "
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"boot menu:\n\n"
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"\tsudo <your favorite text editor> /etc/default/grub\n\n"
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"Here you have to comment out the line \"GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0\" by "
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"putting a \"#\" in front of it in order to actually display the "
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"boot menu.\n\n"
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"Finally, you have to update the boot menu by entering:\n\n"
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"\tsudo update-grub\n\n\n"
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"3) When you successfully boot into Haiku for the first time, make "
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"sure to read our \"Welcome\" documentation, there is a link on the "
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