On Fri, 26 May 2017 10:47:02 +0200, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> Danny Milosavljevic skribis:
>
> > On Tue, 23 May 2017 10:13:11 +0200 l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
> > wrote:
> >> Can we assume that all the bootloaders have a notion of “menu” and
> >> “menu entries”?
> >
> > I thi
Danny Milosavljevic skribis:
> On Tue, 23 May 2017 10:13:11 +0200 l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
> wrote:
>> Can we assume that all the bootloaders have a notion of “menu” and
>> “menu entries”?
>
> I think so.
>
> But there are bootloaders that [also can] do the traditional thing:
> When you sel
On Tue, 23 May 2017 10:13:11 +0200
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> Can we assume that all the bootloaders have a notion of “menu” and “menu
> entries”?
I think so.
But there are bootloaders that [also can] do the traditional thing: When you
select an entry, it can chainload the bootsect
Mathieu Othacehe skribis:
>> and those entries would be “lowered” to somewhere.
>> That way we’d provide the abstraction level that users may expect (“how
>> do I add a menu entry for my other distro?”) and at the same time reduce
>> the risk of mistakes (“I didn’t what to put in ‘store-device’
Hi,
Mathieu Othacehe skribis:
> We can ask him but I guess something like that :
>
> (boot-parameters
> (label "openSUSE")
> (root-device #f)
> (boot-name 'grub)
> (store-device #f)
> (store-mount-point "/")
> (kernel "(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz")
> (kernel-arguments (list "root=/dev/pe
> and those entries would be “lowered” to somewhere.
> That way we’d provide the abstraction level that users may expect (“how
> do I add a menu entry for my other distro?”) and at the same time reduce
> the risk of mistakes (“I didn’t what to put in ‘store-device’ I put my
> pet’s name there”).
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 11:31:12AM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
Hello,
So how does the ‘menu-entry’ example that Tomáš gave translate with this
new API? (Apologies for asking, I admit I haven’t fully adjusted to the
new API mentally. :-))
Well it's still moving :)
We can ask him but I g
Hello,
> So how does the ‘menu-entry’ example that Tomáš gave translate with this
> new API? (Apologies for asking, I admit I haven’t fully adjusted to the
> new API mentally. :-))
Well it's still moving :)
We can ask him but I guess something like that :
--8<---cut here-
Heya!
Mathieu Othacehe skribis:
> Since the rework, are in (gnu bootloader grub). They can no
> longer be used in menu-entries field of .
>
> The is used instead. and
> are very similar though.
So how does the ‘menu-entry’ example that Tomáš gave translate with this
new API? (Apologies for
Hi Ludo,
Since the rework, are in (gnu bootloader grub). They can no
longer be used in menu-entries field of .
The is used instead. and
are very similar though.
What we can do here is :
* Give default values as per (as proposed
by Danny in doc patch review).
* Rename "menu-entries" field
Hi!
Tomáš Čech skribis:
> Defining other operating system entry:
>
> (menu-entry
> (label "openSUSE")
> (linux "(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz")
> (linux-arguments (list "root=/dev/penguin/opensuse"
> "init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd"))
> (initrd "(hd0,msdos1)/initrd"))
I think is the right abs
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 10:31:59PM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
Hi Tomáš,
My question without answer is - how can I specify bootloader menu entries now?
You're right, you have to pass a now. The
documentation patch is still in review, you can find it here :
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bu
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 10:31:59PM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
>
> Hi Tomáš,
>
> > My question without answer is - how can I specify bootloader menu entries
> > now?
>
> You're right, you have to pass a now. The
> documentation patch is still in review, you can find it here :
>
> https://d
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 10:52:34PM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
Hi,
there's a doc patch in review by Mathieu (16 May 2017 15:03 +0200, "doc: Adapt to
multiple bootloader support", bug# 26339) in guix-patches.
As I have seen this feature on ML some time ago already, I didn't
expect to be
Hi,
there's a doc patch in review by Mathieu (16 May 2017 15:03 +0200, "doc: Adapt
to multiple bootloader support", bug# 26339) in guix-patches.
Although I wonder what menu-entries can be used for. What are you using it for?
Hi Tomáš,
> My question without answer is - how can I specify bootloader menu entries now?
You're right, you have to pass a now. The
documentation patch is still in review, you can find it here :
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26339#489
The example has been updated :
--8<-
I'm running from GIT with HEAD on 12eecbf0bb798f99454a46c191bb0ec6bdef1aa5.
It seems that menu-entry is still described in documentation
doc/guix.texi:15337
but code seems to abandon the use already in favor of boot-parameters
at least to my level of understanding.
My question without answer i
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