Re: [gentoo-user] Gummiboot -> efibootmgr

[Mick]

On Tuesday 23 Aug 2016 15:06:03 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 Aug 2016 08:21:36 Michael Mol wrote:
> > If you're not frequently jumping to a non-default boot environment, it's
> > fine.
>
> That's my problem: I do often want to start a minimal system. As I said
> before not far from here, any time a substantial update is needed,
> especially if it involves more than odd bits of KDE, I first emerge -B, then
> boot into the minimal run level and emerge -K. That way I don't find myself
> having to flip the BRS because of a half-dead desktop at the end of the
> update. Or else I'll do the whole emerge in the minimal run level.

This is rather rare event for me running stable arch, but in any case, a fall 
back desktop would address this problem, yes?


> Progress will keep on insisting on being made - hah! Maybe it's time I
> reviewed my whole modus operandi and ditched most of the flexibility I've
> developed over the years.

I have built an UEFI system with no initramfs (I don't need it), or systemd (I 
don't want it), or any assisting boot manager.  I have been happily using the 
EFI kernel stub and on the rare occasion I need to boot an alternative kernel 
I press F2 (or whatever it is) to get into BIOS and shift the boot order of 
the kernels I have stashed in /boot/EFI/BOOT/.  If the need has arisen to use 
a different kernel before I (re)boot, then I can also change the kernels' boot 
order using  efibootmgr from a terminal.  This has been going on for the last 
two years or so without any complaints from the users, or myself.  The only 
drawback is I can't boot sysrescuecd ISO straight off the boot menu without 
grub2 and friends.  Again, fingers X,  this is quite a rare occasion for this 
particular box.

BTW, have you had a look at rEFInd?  In the absence of Gummiboot you may 
fulfils your needs.

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Regards,
Mick