Re: Dual-booting solution with only one actual Grub installation
On 13.03.2018 14:23, Martin Castillo wrote: I mentioned it in [0], and I think I got the idea from some other post in guix-devel or help-guix. Martin [0]:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-12/msg00134.html I think I even came across that threat, but forgot about it, as it didn't lead to me to a complete solution. Regarding the discussion about adding cases to --no-bootloader, I think this belongs into the configuration, not an option given to `guix system reconfigure`, which one might forget to pass all too easily. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
Re: Dual-booting solution with only one actual Grub installation
Hi, On 12.03.2018 19:43, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > There's a convenient dual-booting solution that I think hasn't been > mentioned in these circles. You can let Grub2 offer an item that will > load another grub.cfg. I mentioned it in [0], and I think I got the idea from some other post in guix-devel or help-guix. Martin [0]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-12/msg00134.html -- GPG: 7FDE 7190 2F73 2C50 236E 403D CC13 48F1 E644 08EC signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Dual-booting solution with only one actual Grub installation
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 07:43:39PM +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: Hi once again, There's a convenient dual-booting solution that I think hasn't been mentioned in these circles. You can let Grub2 offer an item that will load another grub.cfg. In my case, that's a Grub installed from Ubuntu, with a menu that will be updated in sync with kernel installation/removal, plus one "Guix SD" item that will lead to the known Guix SD menu, also always up-to-date, without an actual second Grub installation. No manual updating, no chain-loading of one or the other from an independent third Grub. Guix SD: /etc/config.scm, in operating-system: (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader (bootloader (inherit grub-bootloader) (installer #~(const #t)) Very nice indeed! Thanks for sharing. S_@ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Dual-booting solution with only one actual Grub installation
Hi once again, There's a convenient dual-booting solution that I think hasn't been mentioned in these circles. You can let Grub2 offer an item that will load another grub.cfg. In my case, that's a Grub installed from Ubuntu, with a menu that will be updated in sync with kernel installation/removal, plus one "Guix SD" item that will lead to the known Guix SD menu, also always up-to-date, without an actual second Grub installation. No manual updating, no chain-loading of one or the other from an independent third Grub. Guix SD: /etc/config.scm, in operating-system: (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader (bootloader (inherit grub-bootloader) (installer #~(const #t)) Thanks to snape in #guix. With this, /boot/grub/grub.cfg will be generated, but Grub won't actually be installed. Other system with Grub in MBR, addition to: /etc/grub.d/40_custom: menuentry 'GuixSD' { search --fs-uuid --set=root a3a97a6f-a4c9-4569-98a3-4306f4db9ff8 configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg } Don't forget `sudo update-grub`. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/