From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFADD1382C5 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 13:39:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EFB9EE09E9; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 13:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C583E0907 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 13:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2F7626633F for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 13:39:28 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 13:39:27 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] switching from "refine" to "grub" Message-ID: <20201212133927.3644597d@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <9597c599-ff01-7020-866e-e20471d95265@sys-concept.com> <20201212083147.6e2b1bc0@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/0RWPXWWkQHYt9PX0v+0hSRn"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 0ee40ea8-4d36-40ef-8195-f456d0646522 X-Archives-Hash: 4f518853ba228dfe49646f9853fd5cad --Sig_/0RWPXWWkQHYt9PX0v+0hSRn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 01:57:40 -0700, Dan Egli wrote: > What complexity? GRUB2 is hugely complex as it tries to be everything to everyone. That's not a bad thing in itself, but EFI can use a far more minimal setup. > I have a couple EFI machines booting via Grub, and > they work great. I didn't say it didn't work, but it is overkill for EFI booting where a bootloader isn't needed. > I just had to ensure the correct GRUB_TARGET in > make.conf and then after I had my partitions setup and formatted, I > just did grub-install --target=3Dx86_64-efi --efi-directory=3D/boot/EFI a= nd > it went smooth as silk as long as I didn't have /boot on newer ZFS > setup. Even ZFS would work if you setup /boot to be a separate dataset > and make it with absolute minimal options. >=20 > On 12/12/2020 1:31 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:48:06 -0700, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > > =20 > >> I use refine as boot loader but it is giving me a problems. > >> How to switch back to grub 2 > >> And remove any refine files from /boot =20 > > I take it you mean refind? It may well be easier to solve the problem > > with refind rather than trying to deal with the overcomplexity of GRUB > > for an EFI system. > > > > I normally use systemd-boot but when I have used refind, it has > > picked up everything it needs to know without a config file. What > > errors are you seeing? > > > > =20 --=20 Neil Bothwick Sir! Romulan warbird decloaki\xBB\xAE\xF5\xF7\xFC\xC1 NO CARRIER --Sig_/0RWPXWWkQHYt9PX0v+0hSRn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl/UyA8ACgkQ92eFu0QS MJhn4g/+KC+wPd4gktZrpjYzthkilgckTdxF763igwav53tYdMu66C8jTZMlY7EG lazYhHHWMa6lTJc9LgSDbglk1eiqp4CCpjCGRphDFuAWmMy3gDiegwyGjUI4I4jj j2iNIuw0HAK8Greu8nSQuRQteKzgMAFJfxogbDFki181oC6l2T/jMDNWZplh+Q+u ttTxAKpNnRDVRYaw+xpldPXOHGqkJx/jIqYCzvz2+olKVbYcELmeP+z4kvpimhas 2sC55HzfvV/9unyiyXFqstsFelI9LZQD2w7Pfln8o4drIt57fB4ZXIc9pWnIujPV XPlxha/BodX1cAm40j5Km6nSK+az3YeSN4MUyGPDuxbyxoewRWNPoMSW3NxmNIMa grblRwlhaObD4P/r+oF4S+K0dYG9g6F8NW2kg5vQUh6941v0+WqO+cNlmWkM9Cpo LEOl3X47hgfreFyxiiP/9uNYDUSCnULzarKnHmOPooM+zjOzxmqug7noQsZUDydh 10pEZohNQnTwjG/fY2W9Ux7DHsJ8pOZ9x2gPjNBysrb7L54R96XE44j7VZmjmYVd 7iBU4iNyQR8nQN6H2OdySryxc1GFcomX4CiEkMwGwVPxZ9CmkcU8+Q8tNELTPYbl ee1f1ba2foxsGC7V5ul0/TfuNk5iEZJ+yZRIBY6fm09UzY6zGg4= =ciCu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/0RWPXWWkQHYt9PX0v+0hSRn--