On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:38:13 -0600, Dale wrote:

> > 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. 

It's much simpler. GRUB is a bootloader, UEFI is a bootloader in
firmware, so the software is only used to tell it what to do, not control
the boot process itself.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

She's fine, upstanding, and wonderful laying down.

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