Re: Automatically detect other OSs and generate grub entries

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi Arun,

Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>
>> Amirouche Boubekki <amirouche.boubekki@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:39 PM Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> skribis:
>>>>
>>>> > Instead of having to manually specify custom grub entries in config.scm,
>>>> > can Guix use os-prober to automatically detect other operating system
>>>> > and generate grub entries?
>>>> >
>>>> > https://joeyh.name/code/os-prober/
>>>>
>>>> I think there is value in having everything in the GuixSD config, which
>>>> can then be put under version control.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I have a single OS on my machines so I’m probably not part of the
>>>> target audience.  :-)
>>>
>>> My understanding is that os-probe could generate part of GuixSD config.
>>
>> Ah yes, that’d be easy and useful.  The first step would be to make a
>> package for it.
>
> I have packaged os-prober.
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28281

I guess a next step could be to document it in the installation manual.
Or we could write a new tool that creates an ‘operating-system’ template
based on ‘os-prober’ output?

Thoughts?

Ludo’.