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Update documentation to install grub2 when creating the user image

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Grub2 is needed for local boot, the "grub2" element of disk-image-builder
should be specified at image creation time otherwise local boot will
fail because it won't find the grub2 binaries.

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Lucas Alvares Gomes 2015-08-26 14:17:42 +01:00
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@ -590,14 +590,15 @@ them to the Image service:
- Build the image your users will run (Ubuntu image has been taken as
an example)::
disk-image-create ubuntu baremetal dhcp-all-interfaces -o my-image
disk-image-create ubuntu baremetal dhcp-all-interfaces grub2 -o my-image
The above command creates *my-image.qcow2*, *my-image.vmlinuz* and
*my-image.initrd* files. If you want to use Fedora image, replace
*ubuntu* with *fedora* in the above command. *my-image.qcow2* is
used while deploying the actual OS the users will run. The images
*my-image.vmlinuz* and *my-image.initrd* are used for booting after
deploying the bare metal with my-image.qcow2.
*ubuntu* with *fedora* in the above command. The *grub2* element is
only needed if local boot will be used to deploy *my-image.qcow2*,
otherwise the images *my-image.vmlinuz* and *my-image.initrd*
will be used for PXE booting after deploying the bare metal with
*my-image.qcow2*.
- To build the deploy image take a look at the `Building or
downloading a deploy ramdisk image`_ section.
@ -1261,7 +1262,7 @@ local boot loader installed on the disk.
It's important to note that in order for this to work the image being
deployed with Bare Metal serivce **must** contain ``grub2`` installed within it.
Enabling the local boot is different when Bare Metal service is used with
Enabling the local boot is different when Bare Metal service is used with
Compute service and without it.
The following sections will describe both methods.