Changeset 883964a for BOOK/boot/x86_64-64

Timestamp:

Jun 2, 2009, 12:34:13 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Chris Staub <chris@…>

Branches:

clfs-1.2, clfs-2.1, clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit

Children:

a0833ff

Parents:

94c04f1

Message:

Indentation consistency

Location:

BOOK/boot/x86_64-64

Files:

• bin86.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• bootloaders.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/boot/x86_64-64/bin86.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
 
     <para os="a">We are building Bin86 so that we can compile Lilo.
-      Both <command>as86</command> and <command>ld86</command> need to
-      run on the host system to assemble x86_64 code.  We cannot
-      compile the whole package like this, but fortunately these two
-      programs are the only parts we require.</para>
+    Both <command>as86</command> and <command>ld86</command> need to
+    run on the host system to assemble x86_64 code. We cannot
+    compile the whole package like this, but fortunately these two
+    programs are the only parts we require.</para>
 
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
@@ -38 +38 @@
 
     <para os="b">The Bin86 package does not contain a <command>configure
-      </command> script.  Natively compile only the necessary parts with:
+    </command> script. Natively compile only the necessary parts with:
     </para>
 
@@ -44 +44 @@
 make CC=gcc -C ld ld86</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para os="e">Install the assembler and linker where they will be on
-      the PATH when we build Lilo, using prefixes to show that their
-      output is not for a native system.</para>
+    <para os="e">Install the assembler and linker into
+    <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename> so they will be in
+    the PATH when we build Lilo, using prefixes to show that their
+    output is not for a native system:</para>
 
 <screen os="f"><userinput>install -v -m 755 -s as/as86 /cross-tools/bin/${CLFS_TARGET}-as86

BOOK/boot/x86_64-64/bootloaders.xml

@@ -12 +12 @@
 
     <para>On x86 and x86_64 (multilib) architectures, the preferred
-      bootloader is GRUB.  Unfortunately, GRUB doesn't work on x86_64
-      Pure64 - the stage2 files can be correctly built as 32-bit, but the
-      <command>grub</command> shell is a 64-bit program, and tries to
-      execute some of the stage2 routines - this results in a segmentation
-      fault. Therefore, in the final system we use Lilo as the bootloader.
+    bootloader is GRUB. Unfortunately, GRUB doesn't work on x86_64
+    Pure64 - the stage2 files can be correctly built as 32-bit, but the
+    <command>grub</command> shell is a 64-bit program, and tries to
+    execute some of the stage2 routines - this results in a segmentation
+    fault. Therefore, in the final system we use Lilo as the bootloader.
     </para>
 
     <para>If you already have a bootloader, such as GRUB, installed on
-      the system then you should use that to make your new kernel bootable.
-   </para>
+    the system then you should use that to make your new kernel bootable.
+    </para>
 
   <note>
     <para>We will now cross-compile Bin86 and Lilo - these instructions 
-      assume you are using an x86_64 machine (e.g. booted fron a Live CD),
-      either pure64 or multilib. This approach will not work if you are
-      running the machine as i686, because a 32-bit kernel will not be
-      able to execute a 64-bit binary to install the bootloader.  If that
-      is the case, you will need to install an i686 bootloader on the
-      host system. 
+    assume you are using an x86_64 machine (e.g. booted fron a Live CD),
+    either pure64 or multilib. This approach will not work if you are
+    running the machine as i686, because a 32-bit kernel will not be
+    able to execute a 64-bit binary to install the bootloader. If that
+    is the case, you will need to install an i686 bootloader on the
+    host system. 
     </para>
   </note>