I would like GRUB to display a warning if UEFI Secure Boot is not enabled.
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Originally posted by suberimakuri View PostI do like rEFInd.
I actually use it to manage a multi-drive multi OS box.
As I understand it though rEFInd can't do mdadm raid yet so I actually have rEFInd calling grub installed into a MBR.
This is a bit of a pain for various reasons but until I move the root filesystem to a regular ext4 partition on an SSD, I don't have much choice I think. Even then, I still like to mdadm raid root.
It can also read btrfs RAID1 (which is what I use).
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Originally posted by RussianNeuroMancer View PostBy the way, I would be happy to do so, but there seems like no automation around this booting concept - last time I checked there was no packages that automate kernel registration in firmware loaders list and update initrd/vmlinuz files on EFI partition after kernel upgrade. This is sad, because for ARM such package is exist: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flash-kernel
Again I don't see why you couldn't just make a script that does this, flash-kernel is just a script that automates flashing of kernel/initramfs/uimage in a flash partition.
You can recycle the efibootmanager manipulation parts from rEFInd's installer script, for example https://sourceforge.net/p/refind/cod...refind-install
or just write your own by looking at efibootmanager docs/tutorials.
Then, for bonus points, you only need to find a good way to trigger this after a new kernel has been installed/removed so it runs automatically.Last edited by starshipeleven; 26 April 2017, 06:05 AM.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostThat it supports morse code beeps and not a proper GUI with icons.
That it needs to be manually updated for each distro change, it does not automatically scan for stuff.Last edited by tomtomme; 26 April 2017, 06:31 AM.
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Originally posted by gotwig View PostOne of the worst boot managers I know.
It has access to graphics and most facilities one expects to be available in kernel etc.
WRT to initrd update support etc, i feel this might be too much to expect from a bootloader. But it has a good infrastructure that one can use to implement wanted extra bells and whistles. Heck, AFAIK it can even boot frm RAID etc.
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Originally posted by Anvil View Post
there's only so many developers doing Grub2, but even systemd has a Boot manager which may eventually superseede grub2 in Fedora . ( that im unsure of )
But is a boot loader that big of an undertaking? I thought it was one of the smallest pieces of software in Linux...
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