Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-05 Thread Peter Robinson
> Is there someone that can help me convert my Fedora install from GRUB to > systemd-boot and actually get it where kernel updates won't break it? > > The reason is that my MS Surface GO does not work with GRUB for some reason. > Probably a non-standard UEFI implementation but I both found this t

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
Ok, I think I've had enough of going down this rabbit hole. I'm going to move back to sd-boot and then blacklist grub2-common from being reinstalled. Thanks for the ideas everyone though! Thanks, Richard ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproj

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 3:24 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > > When it reboots, it skips the Fedora/GRUB loader and just shows Windows > Boot Manager and "Firmware Setup". > > This is the behavior before making any modifications following > installation? > > If so, then it's confuseled. I'd just use the

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:44 PM Richard Shaw wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:42 PM Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:19 PM Richard Shaw wrote: >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:11 PM Chris Murphy >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM Richard Shaw wrote:

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:42 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:19 PM Richard Shaw wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:11 PM Chris Murphy > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM Richard Shaw > wrote: > >> > > >> > Responding to the list instead of personal... > >>

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:19 PM Richard Shaw wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:11 PM Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM Richard Shaw wrote: >> > >> > Responding to the list instead of personal... >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Marius Schwarz >> > wrote: >> >>

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:11 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM Richard Shaw wrote: > > > > Responding to the list instead of personal... > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Marius Schwarz > wrote: > >> > >> Am 04.06.20 um 15:04 schrieb Richard Shaw: > >> > Is there some

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM Richard Shaw wrote: > > Responding to the list instead of personal... > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Marius Schwarz wrote: >> >> Am 04.06.20 um 15:04 schrieb Richard Shaw: >> > Is there someone that can help me convert my Fedora install from GRUB >> > to system

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
Responding to the list instead of personal... On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Marius Schwarz wrote: > Am 04.06.20 um 15:04 schrieb Richard Shaw: > > Is there someone that can help me convert my Fedora install from GRUB > > to systemd-boot and actually get it where kernel updates won't break it? >

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 9:15 AM Richard Shaw wrote: > Due to the kernel options problem, which I'm not clear would be solved by > removing grub/grubby, I decided to try to use systemd-boot to > bootstrap GRUB. > > The only requirement I can find is that it needs to be on the same drive > as the ES

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
Due to the kernel options problem, which I'm not clear would be solved by removing grub/grubby, I decided to try to use systemd-boot to bootstrap GRUB. The only requirement I can find is that it needs to be on the same drive as the ESP partition, so I'm going to convert the 1GB NEW_ESP partition I

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 08:04:42AM -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > Is there someone that can help me convert my Fedora install from GRUB to > systemd-boot and actually get it where kernel updates won't break it? > > The reason is that my MS Surface GO does not work with GRUB for some > reason. Probab

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 08:04:42AM -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > Is there someone that can help me convert my Fedora install from GRUB to > systemd-boot and actually get it where kernel updates won't break it? You can try fedora-31-efi-systemd-x86_64.qcow2.xz from https://www.kraxel.org/repos/image

Re: How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
One thing I forgot to mention, 1 & 2 are interrelated from what I can tell including a problem I didn't mention. Supposedly systemd-boot will attempt to find the root, /home, /var, etc automatically and ignore /etc/fstab, but it's not working for me, the boot hangs at gpt-auto-root. >From my rese

How to convert from GRUB to systemd-boot?

2020-06-04 Thread Richard Shaw
Is there someone that can help me convert my Fedora install from GRUB to systemd-boot and actually get it where kernel updates won't break it? The reason is that my MS Surface GO does not work with GRUB for some reason. Probably a non-standard UEFI implementation but I both found this to be the ca