From: "Tomáš Čech" <sleep_walker@gnu.org>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Dual Boot GuixSd along side other preexisting distros
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:54:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181031125428.GA814@doom> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <kbp5elylrs4jo2issjky3xs6.1540920046745@email.android.com>
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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
Best regards,
S_W
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-31 12:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-29 11:53 Re Recent hydra.gnu.org maintenance window Nalin Ranjan
2018-10-29 14:53 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-10-29 19:07 ` Nalin Ranjan
2018-10-29 20:25 ` Gábor Boskovits
2018-10-29 20:38 ` Björn Höfling
2018-10-29 20:45 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-10-30 17:25 ` Dual Boot GuixSd along side other preexisting distros Nalin Ranjan
2018-10-31 12:54 ` Tomáš Čech [this message]
2018-10-31 14:18 ` Joshua Branson
2018-10-31 14:13 ` Julien Lepiller
2018-12-02 22:13 ` Chris Marusich
2018-12-02 22:48 ` Joshua Branson
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