On Thursday, 19 October 2023 00:06:43 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > If you like simple, here is a config file I use with systemd-boot > > version 6.1.57-gentoo > linux /vmlinuz-6.1.57-gentoo > options root=/dev/sda3 panic=10 net.ifnames=0 i915.enable_ips=0 > > That's it! There is a separate file for each menu entry, but they are > this simple. There's also a global loader.conf, that runs to a massive 2 > lines here!
Just to expand this in case it helps someone, and because the wiki article on systemd-boot is not very helpful: I like to keep one recent kernel along with the current one, as fallback. I also have a small rescue partition on the same disk, and that also has two kernels. The main system has a choice of three boot options: standard, no X and no network, and the rescue system the same but without the no-X. That gives the following structure on this machine: # ls -1 /boot/v* /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.46-gentoo /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.46-gentoo-rescue /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.57-gentoo /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.57-gentoo-rescue # tree -L 3 /boot/loader /boot/loader ├── entries │ ├── 06-gentoo-rescue-6.1.46.conf │ ├── 07-gentoo-rescue-6.1.46.nonet.conf │ ├── 08-gentoo-rescue-6.1.46.conf │ ├── 09-gentoo-rescue-6.1.46.nonet.conf │ ├── 30-gentoo-6.1.57.conf │ ├── 32-gentoo-6.1.57.nox.conf │ ├── 34-gentoo-6.1.57.nonet.conf │ ├── 40-gentoo-6.1.46.conf │ ├── 42-gentoo-6.1.46.nox.conf │ └── 44-gentoo-6.1.46.nonet.conf ├── loader.conf └── random-seed The random seed was put there by systemd-boot. I think I have most eventualities covered. (Hah!) -- Regards, Peter.
