On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:45:05 +0200 Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote:
> Max Nikulin (12024-08-21): > > Do you mean 3rd party bootloader (e.g. grub)? > > There is nothing “3rd party” about GRUB. > > > I was responding to > > "AIUI > > UEFI/GPT were designed to support multi-boot". > > Yes, and so was I. If you want half a dozen different GRUBs configured > for half a dozen installed distros, it is possible. Completely useless > because: > > > Custom > > configuration of grub > > (earlier lilo) was possible before UEFI and GPT. > > … and more convenient. But it is possible. > > > Erwan posted directory tree for debian+ubuntu ESP, but it is a case > > of different vendors. Richard wants 2 variants of Debian (however > > UEFI may be irrelevant to that machine). > > As I said, perfectly possible. > > > I was experimenting trying to get 2 > > entries > > from the same vendor in the UEFI (firmware) boot menu and found it > > tricky and inconvenient. > > “Tricky and inconvenient” ≠ “impossible” > No all UEFI firmware is equal. I have an Acer netbook which does not honour DefaultBoot. When cold booted, it always boots to the Windows drive and resets that as the default boot. Fortunately, it can be overridden by a USB stick. It does honour NextBoot, so I have a script which sets NextBoot to grub on each Linux boot, and I carry a Debian rescue USB for the odd occasion when I have to use Windows. -- Joe
