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[PATCH] gnu: grub: Support for network boot via tftp/nfs.

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From: Stefan <stefan-guix <at> vodafonemail.de>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, 41011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#41011] [PATCH] gnu: grub: Support for network boot via tftp/nfs.
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 19:06:08 +0200

Hi Danny!

> Am 24.05.2020 um 15:58 schrieb Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>:
> 
> All this complication is just because we don't have the file name of the os configuration (/etc/config.scm) in guix system delete-generations.

Hm, somehow true.

> What about us just requiring it from the user and then installing the bootloader&config that is specified there?  That would be a lot less magical--it basically would do the same that guix system reconfigure does now, then.

But it would mean to always install the bootloader without actual need, which is a point of failure. However, this is the case for reconfigure, too.


Bye

Stefan

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