[lfs] branch zeckma/uefi-support updated: chapter10/grub: Note that usage of host's efibootmgr is allowed.

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commit f10528ce4e83e6c99345fcf4491483ed33e610d2
Author: Zeckmathederg <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 2 17:19:42 2026 -0600

    chapter10/grub: Note that usage of host's efibootmgr is allowed.
---
 chapter10/grub.xml | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter10/grub.xml b/chapter10/grub.xml
index 3efb83a17..3f3bdd07d 100644
--- a/chapter10/grub.xml
+++ b/chapter10/grub.xml
@@ -200,10 +200,14 @@ xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrw blank=as_needed grub-img.iso</userinput></
           desktops/laptops. When the boot entry is missing in the BIOS, you
           will need to install the BLFS package <ulink
           url="&blfs-book;postlfs/efibootmgr.html">efibootmgr</ulink> to create
-          a boot entry for UEFI.
+          a boot entry for UEFI. If it's easier, the package can be installed
+          via the distribution's package manager, if applicable, and used on
+          the host instead of on the LFS system. This can prevent the need for
+          downloading more tarballs onto the LFS system for now.
         </para>
         <para>
-          First install the package, then mount the EFI variable file system:
+          First install the package, then mount the EFI variable file system if
+          it isn't already mounted:
         </para>
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mountpoint /sys/firmware/efi/efivars || mount -v -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars</userinput></screen>
         <para>
@@ -221,9 +225,9 @@ xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrw blank=as_needed grub-img.iso</userinput></
           <replaceable>&lt;X64&gt;</replaceable> with <literal>IA32</literal>.
         </para>
         <para>
-          Now umount the EFI variable file system, which should no longer be
-          needed for the boot process, as the file system is only used for
-          EFI manipulation:
+          Now unmount the EFI variable file system<phrase revision='sysv'>,
+          which should no longer be needed for the boot process, as the file
+          system is only used for EFI manipulation</phrase>:
         </para>
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>umount -v /sys/firmware/efi/efivars</userinput></screen>
       </note>

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