From 42c7c2209ce9326cddee372c84ef9a886a3bd3f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Enjeck Cleopatra <32180937+PROTechThor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 16:12:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify how to edit EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.cfg

Addresses some parts of this issue: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6104
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 user/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/user/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md b/user/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md
index 15bd8a7c..bdfb6f38 100644
--- a/user/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md
+++ b/user/troubleshooting/uefi-troubleshooting.md
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ If you've installed successfully in legacy mode but had to change some kernel pa
 
 **Change the xen configuration on a USB media**
 01. Attach the usb disk, mount the EFI partition (second partition available on the disk) 
-02. As `su`, edit your xen config (`EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.cfg`) changing the `kernel` key to add your kernel parameters on the boot entry of your choice
-03. Install using your modified boot entry
+02. Open a terminal and enter the command `sudo su -`. Use your preferred text editor (e.g `nano`) to edit your xen config (`EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.cfg`):
+   ~~~
+   nano EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.cfg
+   ~~~
+03. Change the `kernel` key to add your kernel parameters on the boot entry of your choice
+04. Install using your modified boot entry
 
 **Change xen configuration directly in an iso image**
 01. Get EFI partition boundaries `parted Qubes-R4.0-rc4-x86_64.iso unit B print`