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bug#39095: GRUB EFI should have a 'chainloader' option
From: |
Bengt Richter |
Subject: |
bug#39095: GRUB EFI should have a 'chainloader' option |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Jan 2020 06:55:28 -0800 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.12.2 (2019-09-21) |
Hi symphonia,
On +2020-01-12 12:08:08 +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> To dual boot with NixOS and other operating systems it would be nice to have
> 'chainloader' so that this configuration would work:
> (bootloader
> (bootloader-configuration
> (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader)
> (target "/boot/efi")
> (menu-entries
> (menu-entry
> (label "systemd-boot")
> (chainloader "/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi")))
>
>
>
I just got a librem13v4 with PureOS installed booting via Coreboot amd grub,
and found that it will boot legacy mbr usbs, but would not boot a UEFI-bootable
USB or system on external USB SSD, though it shows up in a list of bootables.
(I've seen a reference to some kind of tool that converts a GPT partition to
MBR style,
but I don't want to do that).
Does anyone know if efibootmgr and coreboot see bios nvram compatibly?
Or a workaround?
I saw your post and am hoping to find a possibly similar 'chainloader'
solution, but worry that the second loader may mess incompatibly with bios
nvram.
--
Regards,
Bengt Richter