Clarify that /loader/entries should be in the root of the ESP filesystem #68
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| **Note:** _In all cases the `/loader/entries/` directory should be located | |||
| directly in the root of the file system. Specifically, the `/loader/entries/` | |||
| directly in the root of the ESP file system. Specifically, the `/loader/entries/` | |||
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No, because it can be on ESP or on XBOOTLDR. So this phrasing is also wrong.
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| **Note:** _In all cases the `/loader/entries/` directory should be located | |||
| directly in the root of the file system. Specifically, the `/loader/entries/` | |||
| directory should **not** be located under the `/EFI/` subdirectory on the ESP._ | |||
| directly in the root of the ESP or `$BOOT` file system. Specifically, the | |||
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But $BOOT can be the ESP, so why not just $BOOT?
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Because it can also not be the ESP, and it that case we look on both the ESP and $BOOT
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$BOOT is supposed to indicate where we put boot entries. It points to either ESP or XBOOTLDR, depending on the local setup, and it only matters when wondering where to drop new stuff.
If we change the perspective, and are looking for boot entries, then $BOOT is not the right word to use, in particular as we actually want to look into both ESP and XBOOTLDR always. Hence, let's make this clear here, and list both dirs under their real names, not under the singleton pointer to one of them.
Hence, I think this should be rewored to say "root of the ESP or XBOOTLDR partition".
…TLDR filesystem The current wording sometimes gets misinterpreted as having to search for /loader/entries on all filesystems in the partition table so let's clarify that /loader/entries should be located on the root of the ESP or XBOOTLDR filesystem.
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Minor follow-up in #69. |
The current wording sometimes gets misinterpreted as having to search for /loader/entries on all filesystems in the partition table so let's clarify that /loader/entries should be located on the root of the ESP filesystem.