Re: boot multiple Gnu/Linux Distributions from one USB key

[Ricardo Wurmus]

gnuforever <address@hidden> writes:

> I configured a usb stick to boot multiple Gnu/Linux Distributions by
> following this tutorial:
> https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1846
> It works for Tails, PureOS, Trisquel and Parabola
>
> I am trying to add GuixSD.
>
> For the menuentry, I always start from the grub.cfg embedded in the
> iso file.
> I add or remove options if needed.
>
> For GuixSD, I came up with this configuration:
> I used label instead of uuid.
>
>     ## GUIXSD
>     menuentry "GUIXSD - Gnu/Linux" {
>         set isofile="/boot-isos/guixsd-install-0.16.0.x86_64-linux.iso"
>         loopback loop (hd0,1)$isofile
>         search --label --set GUIXSD_IMAGE
>         linux
> (loop)/gnu/store/0zajbn9q39yva4l0zzrcshlll8qikzba-linux-libre-4.19.6/bzImage9
> --root=GUIXSD_IMAGE
> --system=(loop)/gnu/store/l4hgd4l7acrqwi3imav9akcvv4sbj85j-system
> --load=(loop)/gnu/store/l4hgd4l7acrqwi3imav9akcvv4sbj85j-system/boot
>         initrd
> (loop)/gnu/store/9nqaksx40zh5d6cg5rim3f3spy56bfb9-raw-initrd/initrd.cpio.gz
>     }
>
> It doesn't work. I get the following error message:
>
> waiting for partition 'GUIXSD_IMAGE' to appear...

Does a partition with this label exist?


-- 
Ricardo