Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible?

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:55:23 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:

>   One other thing, looking at the docs, it seems that refind requires
> initrd.  Am I reading it correctly?  If so, I may as well go with grub.
> Grub usually requires setting up stuff once.  Initrd requires running
> more often.

While I've only used rEFInd with an initramfs, because I have an
encrypted /, there doesn't appear to be any reason to need one. All it
does is load a kernel and pass it some options.

You can also use systemd-boot, a separate package for OpenRC users, which
I have used without an initramfs. systemd-boot is very lightweight and
only requires a two line config for each kernel, plus a two line general
config (timeout and default). That's six lines of config for a choice of
two kernels. 

Of course, if you want absolutely minimal, you don't need any boot manager
with UEFI and you can select your kernel from the firmware's boot menu,
but that loses you the ability to edit options on the fly.


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