From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joshua Branson Subject: Re: Dual Boot GuixSd along side other preexisting distros Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:18:14 -0400 Message-ID: <87in1i2o9l.fsf@fastmail.com> References: <20181031125428.GA814@doom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54714) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHr4O-0005rG-DI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:02:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHr4E-0000hQ-Gs for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:02:04 -0400 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:43283) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHr4E-0000ev-9Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:01:54 -0400 Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B7021B03 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:01:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dobby (unknown [72.12.220.132]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 960FC102ED for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:01:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20181031125428.GA814@doom> (=?utf-8?B?IlRvbcOhxaEgxIxlY2gi?= =?utf-8?B?J3M=?= message of "Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:54:28 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 =C4=8Cech writes: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:55:50PM +0530, Nalin Ranjan wrote: >> =C2=A0Hi Guys, >> Can you guys please help me with a bit of understanding? >> >> I have a ThinkPad T410 on which I am trying to do this. Currently I ha= ve a >> dual boot configuration running Ubuntu and Windows 7. Could that grub >> install failure because of my /boot not being empty and formatted afre= sh >> for GuixSD? If so, can anyone of you please help me in figuring out ho= w to >> install GuixSD alongside those existing ones(other distros plus special >> Mr. Windows)? Do I need to reformat my /boot to make it fresh so that = Grub >> install from GuixSD installation could succeed(not sure if this is the >> reason for failure).=C2=A0 if a reformatting is imminent, what will yo= u suggest >> to do on case I just need to recover my old stuff? > > I can share my solution. I am running dual boot with openSUSE and > GuixSD. GRUB is managed by openSUSE and it sourcing GuixSD > configuration from /boot on GuixSD partition. That brings Guix menu > entries to the GRUB. > > In my system configuration I have this hack I found somewhere: > > (bootloader > (bootloader-configuration > (bootloader > (bootloader > (inherit grub-bootloader) (installer #~(const #t)))))) > > so it doesn't install bootloader at all. > > My usecase is a bit special because I am using LUKS and unlock it on > bootloader level. > > If you want your bootloader to be managed by GuixSD, just follow > corresponding part of Guix manual: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Bootloader-Configu= ration.html I had a dual boot set up for a while, but I let guixSD take care of the grub generation. With guix you can configure the bootloader to boot two different OSs. > > > Best regards, > > S_W