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 9B7CA1382C5 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 23:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC6CF2BC013; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 23:02:29 +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 5C0FFE0C10 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 23:02:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id DBF29676CE for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 23:02:27 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 23:02:21 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Message-ID: <20201225230221.3eba9885@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <20201225210743.0f1a71c6@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_/SV_DhZv4rZNpPwh+y/Q69pa"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 7a374b25-2516-4338-800a-0dff01af778f X-Archives-Hash: 65e60273541ff052863643e3188f8bd7 --Sig_/SV_DhZv4rZNpPwh+y/Q69pa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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.=20 > > > > 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?=C2=A0 I admit, I sort of liked = the > old grub.=C2=A0 Adding/removing a kernel was pretty darn easy.=C2=A0 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. --=20 Neil Bothwick She's fine, upstanding, and wonderful laying down. --Sig_/SV_DhZv4rZNpPwh+y/Q69pa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl/mb30ACgkQ92eFu0QS MJjIKBAAvPJyr2oaAXS+ryqzqZI0GKGvJBwlKT0wNY6FC+DJ1958WJg8IAgT6WOP KPLGo6bSWbZIEJbIA9FRzGJhJVm3u7Kkqe9JJiRB/cJhy29dzwBS+x2UeXLrcexa 1gi8WUjvX2cQZ1VF920lszKLxk8pT6X3ZGROGAzGbqi+BUIT7RJZKn+m5S8Cu4md 563EzNuDLp/J2zh3N15cRiWBB+pX1f+kSvCA2RT1xzgfPPJ55XzJwxl9y3tBajh1 mDN1oLpk+wnP68cH2ytlIlbV/umIxvUlj1syaIeHXtkJlYEzE223eNH/XO4jlVzo Firzs4Wgpb5BzExNRPwfJ+SN3dKDPV9PmgvQUCgL5aPaKR9/ZTn/hELjxUqn/H5M QINQ7FcxAmd0/6OO2/1Q2V7VkZomtpwlg24XBX6ECDCUep16kwodhkHzbkanhVqh RKinjYYIUd/yoYmxOJhI/lCwEfbrn4euS26ut7zVOtEtsdbrIrg4PQt30vsnG3IJ aEm6iHcEGz54KpC6+gWRgeNUwPcaLEUpWldq7XqK13qLBIa8oI1kqAHB4Ze6tCyN 7ccWDn3xyP0Z4l3YECloXeChWRsqOkzNnXavrqXW8UieJUY7QA+4fcVA6bqech4G WKG/b6JnF/PkrLAf6nqrZqK3y9wqNKuAOfu/0DBhnXlUYCimAgQ= =rnXF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/SV_DhZv4rZNpPwh+y/Q69pa--