[arch] Boot-time help
Roman Kyrylych
roman.kyrylych at gmail.com
Fri Sep 8 03:00:03 EDT 2006
2006/9/8, CtM <ctmlinux at rogers.com>:
> bardo wrote:
> > 2006/9/7, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>:
> >
> >> * What documentation did you wish you had the last time something failed?
> >> * What would you say is most important?
> >> * Looking back, is there anything that would have been easilly found
> >> if you had <insert doc here> available?
> >>
> >
> > I'm not sure this is what you're talking about, but I would find
> > really helpful some docs about how rc.sysinit is organized, and
> > especially about dependencies of the various sections. I have a lot of
> > problems hacking it to make it work with mkinitcpio and crypto disks
> > that have encryption keys stored on a usb pen... I think I need to
> > change the boot operations order to get the drive recognized before /
> > is mounted, but I think the file is poorly commented about this...
> >
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> I would like to see a very clear description of how to restore Grub
> using the install disc to your current installation. Also, clear
> instructions on how to boot into your current system. I always forget
> what the correct command is to do that. Also, what about being able to
> press a key to skip over a process starting. For example -- let's say
> you do not have your network connected but have to wait until it fails
> at startup. Being able to press a key to skip this from running would
> save time.
>
> CtM
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