Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:45:10 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> I like rEFIind, but I recall it needs/needed a separate /boot >>> partition if you are running LVM/RAID. >>> >> I have /boot on ext2, / on ext4 and rest on LVM on my main system.  On >> the 770T rig, I have /boot on

[gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2023-10-19, Dale wrote: > That config kinda reminds me of the old grub.  A title line, location of > kernel and then options.  Sounds easy enough.  The new grub config is > almost impossible to config by hand.  They had to make a tool to do it.  > That says a lot there.  ;-)  Manually

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Laurence Perkins
> >That config kinda reminds me of the old grub. A title line, location of >kernel and then options. Sounds easy enough. The new grub config is almost >impossible to config by hand. They had to make a tool to do it. That says a >lot there. ;-) > >Dale > You can still write that kind of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help

2023-10-19 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:24:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> Do you mean booting from the ISO images? That's a GRUB thing, it >>> doesn't matter how it is loaded, EFI or MBR. >>> >>> However, being able to do away with GRUB is, to me, a bigger benefit >>> than not being able to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:45:10 -0500, Dale wrote: > > I like rEFIind, but I recall it needs/needed a separate /boot > > partition if you are running LVM/RAID. > > > > I have /boot on ext2, / on ext4 and rest on LVM on my main system.  On > the 770T rig, I have /boot on ext2 I think and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 19 October 2023 12:59:06 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > Incidentally, systemd-boot can also generate and update boot menu entries > automatically with "bootctl install" and "bootctl update" although I have > never tried either. Yes, that's what I use. Once your kernel is complete, with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 19 October 2023 05:49:25 BST Dale wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:27:28 -0500, Dale wrote: I used cgdisk and GPT for my disk even tho it is small, only 300GBs or so, mostly out of habit. The grub install failed and I did a search.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:55:43 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > That config kinda reminds me of the old grub.  A title line, location > > of kernel and then options.  Sounds easy enough.  The new grub config > > is almost impossible to config by hand.  They had to make a tool to > > do it. That says

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:49:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > That config kinda reminds me of the old grub.  A title line, location of > kernel and then options.  Sounds easy enough.  The new grub config is > almost impossible to config by hand.  They had to make a tool to do it.  > That says a lot there. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help

2023-10-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:24:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Do you mean booting from the ISO images? That's a GRUB thing, it > > doesn't matter how it is loaded, EFI or MBR. > > > > However, being able to do away with GRUB is, to me, a bigger benefit > > than not being able to boot ISOs is a drawback.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help

2023-10-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OFF TOPIC Need Ubuntu network help: boot loader info

2023-10-19 Thread Michael
On Thursday, 19 October 2023 05:49:25 BST Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:27:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I used cgdisk and GPT for my disk even tho it is small, only 300GBs or > >> so, mostly out of habit. The grub install failed and I did a search. I > >> found this