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Commit 9becb183 authored by Leah Rowe's avatar Leah Rowe
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Signed-off-by: default avatarLeah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
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......@@ -216,6 +216,51 @@ of user-friendliness.
That just about covers it, where password setup is concerned!
SeaBIOS first?
==============
In releases after Canoeboot 20240510, SeaBIOS is the primary payload on
all images, but GRUB is available in the boot menu. Select a ROM image
with `grubfirst` at the end, and do this to the ROM image:
cbfstool canoeboot.rom add-int -i 0 -n etc/show-boot-menu
This disables the SeaBIOS menu, so that it only loads GRUB. The `grubfirst`
image had this done to it by lbmk (Canoeboot build system) during build:
cbfstool canoeboot.rom add -f config/grub/bootorder -n bootorder -t raw
This `bootorder` file has the following contents:
```
/rom@img/grub2
```
You can add it yourself if your image doesn't have it. With this, SeaBIOS
only loads GRUB first.
NOTE: Before disabling the boot menu, make sure GRUB works. Access it using
the `bootorder` file and/or press ESC in the SeaBIOS menu. Then disable the
SeaBIOS menu.
Alternative: GRUB as primary
----------------------------
The *SeaBIOS first* policy is now law, in Canoeboot releases. The only
exception is the x86 QEMU target. You can do this if building from source:
./build roms -p grub targetname
Where `targetname` is e.g. `x200_8mb` (use the correct one for your board).
Again: make sure GRUB works. Also: don't do this if you're using a non-Intel
graphics card because only the Intel graphics have native video initialisation
in Canoeboot, and we rely on SeaBIOS to execute the VGA ROM for others.
(it is assumed that you know to add the VGA ROM in CBFS if needed, if using
a dGPU, or that you're using a graphics card on a desktop so SeaBIOS will use
that automatically)
GPG keys
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