From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julien Lepiller Subject: Re: Dual Boot GuixSd along side other preexisting distros Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:13:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20181031125428.GA814@doom> <87in1i2o9l.fsf@fastmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59372) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHrFI-0003JD-52 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:13:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHrF7-0002yt-VA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:13:13 -0400 Received: from lepiller.eu ([2a00:5884:8208::1]:36202) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHrF7-0002wy-KZ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:13:09 -0400 Received: from webmail.lepiller.eu (static-176-182-42-79.ncc.abo.bbox.fr [176.182.42.79]) by lepiller.eu (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 6128990a (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO) for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:11:47 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87in1i2o9l.fsf@fastmail.com> 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 Le 2018-10-31 15:18, Joshua Branson a écrit : > Tomáš Čech writes: > >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:55:50PM +0530, Nalin Ranjan wrote: >>>  Hi 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 >>> have a >>> dual boot configuration running Ubuntu and Windows 7. Could that >>> grub >>> install failure because of my /boot not being empty and formatted >>> afresh >>> for GuixSD? If so, can anyone of you please help me in figuring out >>> how 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).  if a reformatting is imminent, what will you >>> 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-Configuration.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. I don't think we can boot non-linux systems. If I'm wrong, I'd be very happy to know how. Right now, I have to use the grub command-line and run "chainloader +1" to get in my haiku system :/ > >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> S_W