From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maxim Cournoyer Subject: Re: Supergrub2disk helped me to have the choice at startup Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:53:16 -0500 Message-ID: <87ef98oagz.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1441094001.-1621283511.1547755962837.JavaMail.root@zimbra49-e8.priv.proxad.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41586) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gktsH-00083i-E0 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:53:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gktsF-0000o1-LC for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:53:36 -0500 Received: from mail-it1-x12e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::12e]:33407) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gktsF-0000fY-EP for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:53:35 -0500 Received: by mail-it1-x12e.google.com with SMTP id m8so3538271itk.0 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:53:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1441094001.-1621283511.1547755962837.JavaMail.root@zimbra49-e8.priv.proxad.net> (hub lombard's message of "Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:12:42 +0100 (CET)") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: hub.lombard@free.fr Cc: Help Guix Hello Hubert! hub.lombard@free.fr writes: > Hi Guix :) > > A few days ago, I managed to install GuixSD 0.16 next to debian testing on a Packard Bell 'EasyNote TE' laptop. > At reboot, Grub only offers GuixSD. > To have the choice at startup, I used the 'supergrub2disk' that I downloaded and put on a USB key, positioned as the first boot device. > SuperGRUB2disk gives me the choice between GuixSD and debian, and I can start either one without any problem. > > For now, I keep the USB key inserted in the computer and everything is fine, having nevertheless planned to address the problem of the restoration of GRUB. > > Would someone have a track that would enlighten me a bit? In GuixSD, the way to handle dual (or more) boot is to define a list of menu-entries for the bootloader configuration in your OS config. It's documented here: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Bootloader-Configuration.html. For an actual example, this post might give you some idea: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-04/msg00045.html. Good luck! Maxim