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, <distro>'s bootloader doesn't get a look-in.
As for "<distro>'s obviously superior bootloader", well <other distro>
is using the exact same boot-loader, and when IT installs, how is it
going to be able to boot <distro> if it can't call <distro>'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
