> Is there someone that can help me convert my Fedora install from GRUB to > systemd-boot and actually get it where kernel updates won't break it? > > The reason is that my MS Surface GO does not work with GRUB for some reason. > Probably a non-standard UEFI implementation but I both found this to be the > case personally and google seem to confirm this. One proposed solution is to > use systemd-boot, which I have semi-successfully done.
Have you actually reported a bug against grub2 to see if it can be fixed rather than assuming it's "a non-standard UEFI implementation" because the thing with firmwares is is wide interpretation of the standards ;-) it might be a more straight forward option than the other alternative. > Getting to where I can boot the currently installed kernel is chronicled here: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/us...@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDSAMQUGXWYTHAC73W4DTLDOLRM56FNX/ > > If I wasn't using both the internal NVME for "/" and a SD card for everything > else I probably would have just converted the /boot partition to FAT32 and > made it the new ESP partition... > > So the last two steps is: > > 1. See if I can get it working with secure boot enabled. > 2. How to make it work with kernel updates which are completely grub centric. > > Side question: If you're booting EFI with GPT partitions, is there any > advantage to using grub over systemd-boot? The latter seems much simpler as > the former seems way more complicated than necessary including the very > fragile environment block[1] > > Thanks, > Richard > > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625124 > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
