[gentoo-user] Re: How to make a boot menu?

[Martin Vaeth]

Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, 17 April 2022 17:48:04 BST Martin Vaeth wrote:
>> Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com> wrote:
>> > From: Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
>> >
>> > On Sunday, 17 April 2022 16:52:34 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> >> > Why not try rEFInd? It handles UEFI booting simply, without the
>> >> > no-longer-needed bloat of GRUB.
>> >>
>> >> Hm. If I'm reading the wiki right, it can't handle choice of run levels
>> >> with a selected kernel. Or is that wrong?
>> >
>> > From what I understand you should be able to tweak kernel command line
>> > options in /boot/EFI/gentoo/refind_linux.conf.
>>
>> You can only choose between fixed combinations. Nothing like the
>> possibilities of grub to choose e.g. options for resolution in one
>> variable, options for boot system in another variable etc and to
>> combine all of those (without adding an exponential number of
>> options to select from). Not to speak about the possibility to
>> edit the command line freely.
>
> I see.  I never had to customise the default set up in depth, or at all from
> what I recall.  Perhaps GRUB with a manually edited grub.cgf is the solution
> to these particular user requirements

Yes, without a manually written grub.cfg you get none of these features -
the default grub.cfg is just horrible.
Well, the most powerful feature is probably still available:
The possibility to edit the kernel's command line, partition and path which
theoretically can cover everything else, though it is rather inconvenient.