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On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:13:05 -0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2020-10-09, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > I'd say you're better off using a UEFI boot manager. If you use |
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> > systemd, add the boot USE flag to get its boot manager, formerly |
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> > gummiboot. If you don't use systemd you can install the boot manager |
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> > on its own as systemd-boot. Or try rEFInd. All are in portage and |
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> > easy to set up in a way that is shocking to anyone used to GRUB. |
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> Grub's actually quite easy to set up if you skip all the auto-magical |
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> stuff and just manually create a grub.cfg file. |
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GRUB's not as bad as some make out, and the automagic stuff actually |
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works well, but there's no need for a bootloader on a UEFI system and the |
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EFI boot managers are so much easier to work with. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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If the bank returns your cheque marked "Insufficient Funds," call them |
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and ask if they mean you or them. :-) |
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