* docs/grub.texi (Changes from GRUB Legacy): Note when save_env is

	unavailable.
	(Simple configuration): Refer to Changes from GRUB Legacy about
	save_env availability.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c56720a15cc934ac4b2d61bce67a90c94a6934dd..449218cca3c1888894497a4a3ab0c9591856adca 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-11-14  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+       * docs/grub.texi (Changes from GRUB Legacy): Note when save_env is
+       unavailable.
+       (Simple configuration): Refer to Changes from GRUB Legacy about
+       save_env availability.
+
 2010-11-14  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
        * util/grub-install.in: Ignore empty partition table detection

diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
index bdbbb9329db7f55e5640e45b632d2a7aa405d4d4..54a2d879196cde425bdf84f5af51bd4e19bf5145 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/grub.texi
+++ b/docs/grub.texi
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ scripting language: variables, conditionals, and loops are available.
 @item
 A small amount of persistent storage is available across reboots, using the
 @command{save_env} and @command{load_env} commands in GRUB and the
-@command{grub-editenv} utility.
+@command{grub-editenv} utility. For safety reasons this storage is only
+available when installed on plain disk (no LVM or RAID), using non-checksumming
+filesystem (no ZFS) and using BIOS or EFI functions (no ATA, USB or IEEE1275)
 
 @item
 GRUB 2 has more reliable ways to find its own files and those of target
@@ -1032,6 +1034,8 @@ it as a new default entry for use by future runs of GRUB.  This is only
 useful if @samp{GRUB_DEFAULT=saved}; it is a separate option because
 @samp{GRUB_DEFAULT=saved} is useful without this option, in conjunction with
 @command{grub-set-default} or @command{grub-reboot}.  Unset by default.
+The remarks of @pxref{Changes from GRUB Legacy} on the availability
+of @samp{save_env} apply.
 
 @item GRUB_TIMEOUT
 Boot the default entry this many seconds after the menu is displayed, unless