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On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:38:13 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> > You can also use systemd-boot, a separate package for OpenRC users, |
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> > which I have used without an initramfs. systemd-boot is very |
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> > lightweight and only requires a two line config for each kernel, plus |
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> > a two line general config (timeout and default). That's six lines of |
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> > config for a choice of two kernels. |
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> > Of course, if you want absolutely minimal, you don't need any boot |
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> > manager with UEFI and you can select your kernel from the firmware's |
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> > boot menu, 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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It's much simpler. GRUB is a bootloader, UEFI is a bootloader in |
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firmware, so the software is only used to tell it what to do, not control |
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the boot process itself. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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