GNU bug report logs - #56582
Installer does not detect or allow detection of other bootable partitions

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Message #14 received at 56582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Peter <sunspark <at> gmail.com>,
 56582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56582: Installer does not detect or allow detection of other bootable partitions
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:31:18 +0200

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If anything, you also need to chainload to boot on haiku, which is free software. So no reason not to implement it.

Le 16 juillet 2022 11:59:29 GMT+02:00, Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz> a écrit :
>Hello both of you,
>
>Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> writes:
>> Of course this is only a workaround I'm proposing, we should fix the installer to detect other OSs.
>Just adding that we don't have any Guix bootloader entry field to
>chainload into another bootloader, needed for some non-free system :)
>this would need to be added as well.
>
>I personally don't mind, and use my UEFI boot menu instead if I want to
>boot into said non-free OS.
>
>Best,
>-- 
>Josselin Poiret

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