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Re: Supergrub2disk helped me to have the choice at startup
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Joshua Branson |
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Re: Supergrub2disk helped me to have the choice at startup |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:14:46 -0500 |
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address@hidden writes:
> Hi Guix :)
>
> A few days ago, I managed to install GuixSD 0.16 next to debian testing on a
> Packard Bell 'EasyNote TE' laptop.
> At reboot, Grub only offers GuixSD.
> To have the choice at startup, I used the 'supergrub2disk' that I downloaded
> and put on a USB key, positioned as the first boot device.
> SuperGRUB2disk gives me the choice between GuixSD and debian, and I can start
> either one without any problem.
>
> For now, I keep the USB key inserted in the computer and everything is fine,
> having nevertheless planned to address the problem of the restoration of
> GRUB.
Hello,
Guix actually supports dual booting.
(menu-entry
(label "The Other Distro")
(linux "/boot/old/vmlinux-2.6.32")
(linux-arguments '("root=/dev/sda2"))
(initrd "/boot/old/initrd"))
You can read the relevant information in the guix manual. The chapter
is titled: 6.2.12 Bootloader Configuration.
>
> Would someone have a track that would enlighten me a bit?
>
> The GRUB originally installed on debian was on /dev/sda1
>
> I installed GuixSD on /dev/sda6 (my-root). As a result, the new GRUB is also
> on /dev/sda6. In 'config.scm', the bootloader points to /dev/sda
>
> (bootloader (grub-configuration (target "/dev/sda")))
> (file-systems (cons (file-system
> (device "my-root")
> (title 'label)
> (mount-point "/")
> (type "ext4"))
> %base-file-systems))
>
> Apart from this issue, I will focus on the importance of supergrub2disk in
> the case of an installation, especially for an end user like me.
>
> The first time it was after the installation of GuixSD 0.14 on my other
> laptop, it had worked as well and GRUB had been easy to restore.
>
> https://www.supergrubdisk.org/category/download/supergrub2diskdownload/
>
> Hoping it could be useful to other people ...
>
> Thank you in advance for your advice
>
> Hubert
>
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Joshua Branson
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