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 TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2EE73158004 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:59:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D7FAE2A7E; Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:59:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-out-auth2.hosts.co.uk (mail-out-auth2.hosts.co.uk [212.84.127.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 969F1E2A79 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:59:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host86-152-228-249.range86-152.btcentralplus.com ([86.152.228.249] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1rdI1r-000000003kW-A6Re for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:59:00 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:58:59 +0000 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 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to set up drive with many Linux distros? Content-Language: en-GB To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: From: Wol In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 88dc92ac-70ab-4b6b-8391-3a1bf19990b4 X-Archives-Hash: c251ff43ac9175f6a54e7b07b782460e On 22/02/2024 21:45, Grant Edwards wrote: > I've been reading up on UEFI, and it doesn't seem to be any > better. People complain about distro's stomping on each other's files > in the ESP partiton and multiple distro's using the same name in the > boot slots stored in NVM. And then the boot choice order changes > (though it may not be apparent to the naked eye) when one of the > distros decides to update/reinstall its boot stuff. At least if you use UEFI *as* your bootloader, then that won't happen. That assumes you're using UEFI, though! In which case, 's bootloader doesn't get a look-in. As for "'s obviously superior bootloader", well is using the exact same boot-loader, and when IT installs, how is it going to be able to boot if it can't call 's boot loader because it's just trashed it by overwriting it? To me, you seem to be describing the *default* installer setup, that's been there for ever. Last I installed SUSE, iirc I had to specify "advanced bootloader installation", most of who's options I didn't even understand!, but it did do what I told it to (apart from not recognising my weird disk stack!). If you can find, and understand!, that advanced options, I think you'll find you can do what you want. Cheers, Wol