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Re: Dual Boot GuixSd along side other preexisting distros
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Joshua Branson |
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Re: Dual Boot GuixSd along side other preexisting distros |
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Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:18:14 -0400 |
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Tomáš Čech <address@hidden> 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.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> S_W