From da90820083ca2a6ca22877068a9d7262cd5629ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Watson Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:18:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * docs/grub.texi (Naming convention): Use GRUB 2 syntax. (File name syntax): Likewise. (help): --all is no longer supported in GRUB 2. Be more precise about pattern matching. --- ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ docs/grub.texi | 22 ++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bc1b2686a..3a463ab42 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2010-06-07 Colin Watson + + * docs/grub.texi (Naming convention): Use GRUB 2 syntax. + (File name syntax): Likewise. + (help): --all is no longer supported in GRUB 2. Be more precise + about pattern matching. + 2010-06-07 Colin Watson * normal/completion.c (grub_normal_do_completion): When completing diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi index 37016b175..ffc6b8fe2 100644 --- a/docs/grub.texi +++ b/docs/grub.texi @@ -390,14 +390,14 @@ GRUB searches for the first @sc{pc} slice which has a BSD @samp{a} partition. Of course, to actually access the disks or partitions with GRUB, you -need to use the device specification in a command, like @samp{root -(fd0)} or @samp{unhide (hd0,3)}. To help you find out which number -specifies a partition you want, the GRUB command-line +need to use the device specification in a command, like @samp{set +root=(fd0)} or @samp{parttool (hd0,3) hidden-}. To help you find out +which number specifies a partition you want, the GRUB command-line (@pxref{Command-line interface}) options have argument completion. This means that, for example, you only need to type @example -root ( +set root=( @end example followed by a @key{TAB}, and GRUB will display the list of drives, @@ -1186,8 +1186,8 @@ example is @samp{(hd0,1)/boot/grub/grub.cfg}. This means the file @file{/boot/grub/grub.cfg} in the first partition of the first hard disk. If you omit the device name in an absolute file name, GRUB uses GRUB's @dfn{root device} implicitly. So if you set the root device to, -say, @samp{(hd1,1)} by the command @command{root} (@pxref{root}), then -@code{/boot/kernel} is the same as @code{(hd1,1)/boot/kernel}. +say, @samp{(hd1,1)} by the command @samp{set root=(hd1,1)} (@pxref{set}), +then @code{/boot/kernel} is the same as @code{(hd1,1)/boot/kernel}. @node Block list syntax @@ -1742,15 +1742,13 @@ is shut down using APM. @node help @subsection help -@deffn Command help @option{--all} [pattern @dots{}] +@deffn Command help [pattern @dots{}] Display helpful information about builtin commands. If you do not -specify @var{pattern}, this command shows short descriptions of most of -available commands. If you specify the option @option{--all} to this -command, short descriptions of rarely used commands (such as -@ref{testload}) are displayed as well. +specify @var{pattern}, this command shows short descriptions of all +available commands. If you specify any @var{patterns}, it displays longer information -about each of the commands which match those @var{patterns}. +about each of the commands whose names begin with those @var{patterns}. @end deffn