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* bug#39095: GRUB EFI should have a 'chainloader' option
@ 2020-01-12 12:08 symphonia
  2020-01-12 14:55 ` Bengt Richter
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: symphonia @ 2020-01-12 12:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 39095

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")))

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* bug#39095: GRUB EFI should have a 'chainloader' option
  2020-01-12 12:08 bug#39095: GRUB EFI should have a 'chainloader' option symphonia
@ 2020-01-12 14:55 ` Bengt Richter
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bengt Richter @ 2020-01-12 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: symphonia; +Cc: 39095

Hi symphonia,

On +2020-01-12 12:08:08 +0000, symphonia@disroot.org 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

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