Hi Ludo,
> Do we still need ‘device-mount-point’ now? For the dual-boot use case,
> I don’t see how this would be used.
Nope, you're right it's not needed in .
>> + (initrd (menu-entry-initrd menu-entry
>
> It’s weird to set ‘store-device’ and ‘store-mount-point’ here since
> there’s no
Hi Mathieu,
Mathieu Othacehe skribis:
> * gnu/bootloader.scm (): New variable. Export associated getters,
> This record is extracted from grub module.
> * gnu/bootloader/extlinux.scm (extlinux-configuration-file): Use
> menu-entry->boot-parameters to convert menu-entry records to
> boot-para
Mathieu Othacehe writes:
> But maybe there are other advantages not to run an initrd.
CONFIG_MODULES=n reduces kernel attack surface significantly :-)
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Hi !
> People apparently start other Linux distributions with it :)
Yes because they use initrd only to mount root partition, then kernel is
starting /sbin/init provided by systemd or other init mechanism.
For people who's custom kernel is able to access root partition without
loading any modul
Hello,
Mathieu Othacehe skribis:
>> For another future patch: Hmm, should we make this optional? I didn't have
>> an initrd for many years.
>
> Well I tried to run GuixSD without initrd and it's not possible
> yet. Besides mounting root partition, it's also used to start the
> initial guile s
Hi Mathieu,
>Well I tried to run GuixSD without initrd and it's not possible yet.
People apparently start other Linux distributions with it :)
>a more consequent rework.
Uuuh another person hit the boot-parameters usability problem. Let's get this
patchset in and rework it later.
How's the e
Hi Danny,
> For another future patch: Hmm, should we make this optional? I didn't have
> an initrd for many years.
Well I tried to run GuixSD without initrd and it's not possible
yet. Besides mounting root partition, it's also used to start the
initial guile script (/run/current-system/boot).
Hi Mathieu,
On Wed, 31 May 2017 09:23:27 +0200
Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> +(define-record-type*
...
> + (initrd menu-entry-initrd)) ; file name of the initrd as a
> gexp
For another future patch: Hmm, should we make this optional? I didn't have an
initrd for many years.
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* gnu/bootloader.scm (): New variable. Export associated getters,
This record is extracted from grub module.
* gnu/bootloader/extlinux.scm (extlinux-configuration-file): Use
menu-entry->boot-parameters to convert menu-entry records to
boot-parameters.
* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (): Remove.
(boot
