Arun Isaac <[email protected]> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > >> Arun Isaac <[email protected]> skribis: >> >>> Instead of having to manually specify custom grub entries in config.scm, >>> can Guix use os-prober to automatically detect other operating system >>> and generate grub entries? >>> >>> https://joeyh.name/code/os-prober/ >> >> I think there is value in having everything in the GuixSD config, which >> can then be put under version control. >> >> Now, I have a single OS on my machines so I’m probably not part of the >> target audience. :-) >> >> Thoughts? > > I too now only have a single OS. So, I don't really need this feature > either. But, I do think we should offer an user experience as close as > possible to other distros. Hence, I think automatic os detection and > grub generation is worthwile. It's nice to have the grub work > automagically out of the box.
I agree. Perhaps we can use/tweak os-prober to generate ‘menu-entry’ forms suitable for use in the GuixSD config file? > Also, I noticed that custom grub entries are a problem for the proposed > "guix system delete-generations" > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-03/msg00194.html > > Would automatic grub generation solve, or at least alleviate, this > problem? No, I think we still need to support entries specified in the OS config. Ludo’.
