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 AD283138334 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A64C5E088C; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from w4.tutanota.de (w4.tutanota.de [81.3.6.165]) (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 4183DE087C for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from w2.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.163]) by w4.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57BDF10600E1 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:05:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tutanota.com; s=20161216; t=1562641513; bh=9mbndTn2T5qOYDTuNGNEHnCeY+Ptnc7yOwuwLda7I20=; h=Date:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From; b=Msw6L3ACrVfFQrRqp7DWUny/EEDzIZmvfUxSBlpeuz5EQEc0J2kzxZXsnCOXUf9CR I7+a9QTY02Q+9uhsS2hFAqy+G34oRRJrq8cQR4dUkkShO9oteG8U3NTonSpANNGGjk 6Mia/FWOCQYokxuvjAIP1Q4zt4aKPn6R33uwwaDNPjZ59rBOFGLiLRrQ6fpbKhsXFV j3y/nbzpPYwiodfI+pWdig8LPJ9077eOjTcQ8NCN6Wv3GA9tdM3wyGCZWn56PWbBNN E2X+Zx8r8J5wAADfMFEVvDc1z2TaOm9T7++CqOoK4qkopLMWthjZFn1SFdzX+W4gaM bFWFTaDxuiO7Q== Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 05:05:13 +0200 (CEST) From: To: Gentoo User Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <5a75d07f-811f-4747-a91a-209cd4eef86e@www.fastmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation 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: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c6cb9329-2c65-462e-b9f6-8e32dc7345ce X-Archives-Hash: eb034855ba1e2b12b3c128a87e61f5cc Ok, you convinced me i can selectively read the grub2 manual for the essent= ial commands less scripting.=C2=A0 I'll try that tonight.=C2=A0 I would lik= e to know where to get the source of the legacy grub that observed gentoo u= se flags, I'm thinking about simpler systems including a couple of 32 bit s= ystems i'd like to use occasionally for odd services and network play (on a= n isolated network so i can also practice incursion and it's detection, res= ponse, and prevention). -- Quick to the airport Robin!=C2=A0 We must beat the continental army to t= he airport or Gotham City is=C2=A0 lost! Jul 5, 2019, 8:25 AM by grant.b.edwards@gmail.com: > On 2019-07-05, Francesco Turco wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, at 08:05, mad.scientist.at.large@tutanota.com wrote= : >> >>> So, is there either a boot loader that a human can configure >>> manually that can handle LUKS partitions?=C2=A0 No uefi, but GPT would >>> be nice. >>> >> >> I have a LUKS-encrypted system, GPT partitions, no UEFI, systemd, >> dracut, btrfs. >> >> I always manually create a /boot/grub/grub.cfg configuration file >> without using the grub-mkconfig command: [...] >> > > I used to hate grub2 with a passion and stuck with grub-legacy as long > as possible. Then I realized that you can ignore the nightmarish > auto-magical modular AI configurator stuff. Grub2 is still a bit > bloated for my taste, but it's just as easy to use as grub-legacy if > you configure it manually. My grub.cfg files are just as trivial as > my grub-legacy config files were: > > -----------------------------grub.cfg------------------------------ > timeout=3D10 > root=3Dhd0,1 > > menuentry 'vmlinuz-4.19.52-gentoo' { > linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.52-gentoo root=3D/dev/sda1 > } > > menuentry 'vmlinuz-4.14.83-gentoo' { > linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.83-gentoo root=3D/dev/sda1 > } > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I shudder when I contrast that with many hundreds of lines of cruft > that the mkconfig system would generate. > > --=20 > Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Inside, I'm alrea= dy > at SOBBING! > gmail.com >