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

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> 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.
>
>


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. 

Dale

:-)  :-)