nixpkgs/modules/installer/grub/grub.nix
Lluís Batlle i Rossell 13ac0a309b Allow a way to install grub to multiple devices (for /boot on soft raid arrays).
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=32913
2012-03-08 21:37:30 +00:00

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{ config, pkgs, ... }:
with pkgs.lib;
let
grub = if config.boot.loader.grub.version == 1 then pkgs.grub else pkgs.grub2;
grubMenuBuilder = pkgs.substituteAll {
src = ./grub-menu-builder.sh;
isExecutable = true;
inherit grub;
inherit (pkgs) bash;
path = [pkgs.coreutils pkgs.gnused pkgs.gnugrep];
inherit (config.boot.loader.grub) copyKernels
extraConfig extraEntries extraEntriesBeforeNixOS extraPerEntryConfig
splashImage configurationLimit version default timeout;
};
in
{
###### interface
options = {
boot.loader.grub = {
enable = mkOption {
default = true;
description = ''
Whether to enable the GNU GRUB boot loader.
'';
};
version = mkOption {
default = 1;
example = 2;
description = ''
The version of GRUB to use: <literal>1</literal> for GRUB Legacy
(versions 0.9x), or <literal>2</literal> for GRUB 2.
'';
};
device = mkOption {
default = "";
example = "/dev/hda";
type = with pkgs.lib.types; uniq string;
description = ''
The device on which the boot loader, GRUB, will be
installed. If empty, GRUB won't be installed and it's your
responsibility to make the system bootable. The special
value <literal>nodev</literal> means that a GRUB boot menu
will be generated, but GRUB itself will not actually be
installed.
To install grub into multiple devices look at
<literal>devices</literal>.
'';
};
devices = mkOption {
default = [];
example = [ "/dev/hda" ];
type = with pkgs.lib.types; listOf string;
description = ''
The devices on which the boot loader, GRUB, will be
installed. Can be used instead of <literal>device</literal> to
install grub into multiple devices (as softraid arrays holding /boot).
'';
};
# !!! How can we mark options as obsolete?
bootDevice = mkOption {
default = "";
description = "Obsolete.";
};
configurationName = mkOption {
default = "";
example = "Stable 2.6.21";
description = ''
GRUB entry name instead of default.
'';
};
extraConfig = mkOption {
default = "";
example = "serial; terminal_output.serial";
description = ''
Additional GRUB commands inserted in the configuration file
just before the menu entries.
'';
};
extraPerEntryConfig = mkOption {
default = "";
example = "root (hd0)";
description = ''
Additional GRUB commands inserted in the configuration file
at the start of each NixOS menu entry.
'';
};
extraEntries = mkOption {
default = "";
example = ''
title Windows
chainloader (hd0,1)+1
'';
description = ''
Any additional entries you want added to the GRUB boot menu.
'';
};
extraEntriesBeforeNixOS = mkOption {
default = false;
description = ''
Whether extraEntries are included before the default option.
'';
};
splashImage = mkOption {
default =
if config.boot.loader.grub.version == 1
then pkgs.fetchurl {
url = http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/36909-soft-tux.xpm.gz;
sha256 = "14kqdx2lfqvh40h6fjjzqgff1mwk74dmbjvmqphi6azzra7z8d59";
}
# GRUB 1.97 doesn't support gzipped XPMs.
else ./winkler-gnu-blue-640x480.png;
example = null;
description = ''
Background image used for GRUB. It must be a 640x480,
14-colour image in XPM format, optionally compressed with
<command>gzip</command> or <command>bzip2</command>. Set to
<literal>null</literal> to run GRUB in text mode.
'';
};
configurationLimit = mkOption {
default = 100;
example = 120;
description = ''
Maximum of configurations in boot menu. GRUB has problems when
there are too many entries.
'';
};
copyKernels = mkOption {
default = false;
description = ''
Whether the GRUB menu builder should copy kernels and initial
ramdisks to /boot. This is done automatically if /boot is
on a different partition than /.
'';
};
timeout = mkOption {
default = 5;
description = ''
Timeout (in seconds) until GRUB boots the default menu item.
'';
};
default = mkOption {
default = 0;
description = ''
Index of the default menu item to be booted.
'';
};
};
};
###### implementation
config = mkIf config.boot.loader.grub.enable {
system.build.menuBuilder = grubMenuBuilder;
# Common attribute for boot loaders so only one of them can be
# set at once.
system.boot.loader.id = "grub";
system.boot.loader.kernelFile = pkgs.stdenv.platform.kernelTarget;
environment.systemPackages = mkIf config.boot.loader.grub.enable [ grub ];
system.build.grub = grub;
};
}