On Wed, 16 Sept 2026 at 00:24, Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would never consider using systemd as a bootloader. What if, for > example, I wanted to delete everything except my Alpine Linux > installation one day? Systemd-boot is very much like syslinux in that there's a CLI that handles copying the actual UEFI binary into place, but after that it can remain pretty much untouched and continue operating just fine without any userspace tools, or indeed any Linux at all. If you don't want to install a systemd package you can even copy the UEFI binary manually. And the configuration is, if anything, even simpler than syslinux. I've configured my mkinitcpio preset to build a UKI (UEFI) image, and use sbctl, which comes with a pacman hook that automatically signs the UKI. Systemd-boot chain-loads the UKI image. It's very smooth once the pieces are in position. Paul
