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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:55:23 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>> One other thing, looking at the docs, it seems that refind requires |
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>> initrd. Am I reading it correctly? If so, I may as well go with grub. |
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>> Grub usually requires setting up stuff once. Initrd requires running |
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>> more often. |
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> While I've only used rEFInd with an initramfs, because I have an |
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> encrypted /, there doesn't appear to be any reason to need one. All it |
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> does is load a kernel and pass it some options. |
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> You can also use systemd-boot, a separate package for OpenRC users, which |
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> I have used without an initramfs. systemd-boot is very lightweight and |
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> only requires a two line config for each kernel, plus a two line general |
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> config (timeout and default). That's six lines of config for a choice of |
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> two kernels. |
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> Of course, if you want absolutely minimal, you don't need any boot manager |
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> with UEFI and you can select your kernel from the firmware's boot menu, |
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> but that loses you the ability to edit options on the fly. |
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Is that similar to the old now gone Grub? I admit, I sort of liked the |
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old grub. Adding/removing a kernel was pretty darn easy. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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