diff --git a/crux-wiki/Handbook3-7-Install b/crux-wiki/Handbook3-7-Install index c36c819..ed9cc6c 100644 --- a/crux-wiki/Handbook3-7-Install +++ b/crux-wiki/Handbook3-7-Install @@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ For more information about how memory is handled by modern Linux kernels, please '''Note: UEFI'''[[]] ->''For UEFI installation a GPT disklabel and an EFI system partition (ESP) are required in most cases. The ESP does not need to be very large (100MiB for example) and should be formatted with a FAT32 filesystem and flagged as bootable. When using UEFI the boot loader/manager will be installed in the ESP rather than the traditional method of installation into the Master Boot Record (MBR).'' +'''Note: MBR'''[[]] +->''If your BIOS does not support UEFI boot mode (or you have disabled it in +favor of legacy MBR mode), then you do not need to create a separate small +partition for EFI loaders or kernel images. One large partition for %fn%%/%% +is enough in such cases, and GRUB should be able to find a Linux kernel +saved in the subdirectory %fn%/boot%%. But selecting SYSLINUX for your +bootloader will require you to flag as bootable whichever partition contains +%fn%syslinux.cfg%%. See [[#syslinux-install | "SYSLINUX installation" ]] in +the Appendix for details. + + CRUX supports all the filesystems supported as root filesystems by the Linux kernel: btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, JFS, reiserfs and XFS. Further, it is highly recommended to separate the system data from user data, i.e. use a separate partition for %fn%/home%% (and possibly %fn%/var%%) since that will make your life a lot easier the day you want to upgrade, reinstall or remove your system. @@ -252,10 +263,13 @@ When the '''setup''' script has upgraded the selected packages an upgrade log wi * Generate locales for your system. See section [[#LocaleGeneration| "Generating locales"]] for more information. * Go to %fn%/usr/src/linux-5.15.x%%, configure and compile a new kernel. -* Adjust %fn%/etc/fstab%% to reflect any changes made to your partition scheme since your earlier installation of CRUX. -See the notes about %fn%fstab%% in the [[#InstallingFromCD-ROM| "Installing"]] section. +* Adjust %fn%/etc/fstab%% to reflect any changes made to your partition +scheme since your earlier installation of CRUX. In particular, +%fn%/var/run%% should not appear as a mountpoint, since this is now a +symlink to %fn%/run%% starting with CRUX 3.7. See the notes about +%fn%fstab%% in the [[#InstallingFromCD-ROM| "Installing"]] section for other +general recommendations. - --->More information about UEFI and other boot loader/manager options can be found in the CRUX wiki at [[https://crux.nu/Wiki/UEFI]]. - -* Remove the CRUX DVD-ROM from your drive and reboot from harddisk. +Finish the upgrade by [[#BootLoader-Setup | "Installing a Bootloader"]], and +then you should be able to login to your upgraded CRUX system after +rebooting.