Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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. > >
Is that similar to the old now gone Grub? I admit, I sort of liked the old grub. Adding/removing a kernel was pretty darn easy. Dale :-) :-)
