From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible?
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 23:02:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201225230221.3eba9885@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b391d058-1831-6fe6-5c82-10085151df17@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:38:13 -0600, Dale wrote:
> > 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.
> Is that similar to the old now gone Grub? I admit, I sort of liked the
> old grub. Adding/removing a kernel was pretty darn easy.
It's much simpler. GRUB is a bootloader, UEFI is a bootloader in
firmware, so the software is only used to tell it what to do, not control
the boot process itself.
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Neil Bothwick
She's fine, upstanding, and wonderful laying down.
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-23 4:05 [gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Walter Dnes
2020-12-23 4:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-12-23 5:37 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-23 12:44 ` Michael
2020-12-24 22:49 ` Dan Egli
2020-12-25 16:41 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 18:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-27 1:07 ` antlists
2020-12-27 2:01 ` Dale
2020-12-27 4:21 ` [gentoo-user] " Thomas Mueller
2020-12-27 9:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 18:45 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 19:17 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 19:32 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 20:55 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-25 21:01 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 21:04 ` Jorge Almeida
2020-12-25 21:07 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-25 22:38 ` Dale
2020-12-25 23:02 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2020-12-25 23:15 ` Dale
2020-12-25 22:24 ` Peter Humphrey
2020-12-26 19:33 ` Dan Egli
2020-12-23 12:46 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
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