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Subject: Re: How to use custom grub?
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:24:45 +0100
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To: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
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Hello!

Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> skribis:

> I have a working UEFI GuixSD system, by adding FAT32 support to
> base-initrd and installing the initial UEFI bootloader from a non-Guix
> live CD.

Cool!  We should integrate the necessary changes in =E2=80=98master=E2=80=
=99.

> The "grub-configuration" object takes a 'grub' argument which defaults
> to (@ (gnu packages grub) grub). However setting that to 'grub-efi' in
> the operating-system declaration or even directly in gnu/system/grub.scm
> has no effect.

Ideally it should have the desired effect.  :-)

> Looking at guix/scripts/system.scm, grub is defined as
> (package->derivation grub). I tried exporting grub-configuration-grub
> and using that in the (package->derivation) procedure, but that broke
> the world :)
>
> What is the correct approach here?

What you describe above looks like the right approach.  Maybe we could
see exactly what broke and work from there, unless Danny=E2=80=99s patch al=
ready
solves the issue?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.