On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:55:23 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > One other thing, looking at the docs, it seems that refind requires > initrd. Am I reading it correctly? If so, I may as well go with grub. > Grub usually requires setting up stuff once. Initrd requires running > more often.
While I've only used rEFInd with an initramfs, because I have an encrypted /, there doesn't appear to be any reason to need one. All it does is load a kernel and pass it some options. 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. -- Neil Bothwick "Press Return to Continue" - known as "The Mail Menupause".
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