On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 11:04 AM Fun Society <one4a...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using it on debian (replacing the grub) but it was frustrating using
> netinstall ISO, you can't boot live to install the systemd-boot easily, so
> I find a way to boot my Debian using grub rescue then install the
> systemd-boot. That's why I suggest systemd-boot must be added as bootloader
> options on the installer
>

Thanks!  Grub-Rescue (on cd) is an awesome suggestion, for if something
goes wrong, when installing systemd-boot after the fact.

Kenneth Parker

>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 22:51 Kenneth Parker <sea7k...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 2:27 AM Fun Society <one4a...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, can you guys add/provide systemd-boot option on the Debian
>>> installer? Because some of the UEFI laptop not supported grub bootloader,
>>> The bios automatically delete boot entry if the name of the grub boot entry
>>> not "Linux" and grub installation by Debian installer is named Debian so
>>> the machine won't detect the os.
>>>
>>> The machine will boot if the grub is installed with this specific
>>> command:
>>> grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=esp
>>> --bootloader-id="Linux"
>>>
>>> Which is not the command provided by the Debian installer.
>>>
>>> So I suggest systemd-boot should be added as options for bootloader
>>> installation on the Debian installer. The BIOS can automatically detect OS
>>> by systemd-boot.
>>>
>>
>> I would like to learn more about systemd-boot.  Has anyone used it with
>> Debian?  (The rather informative article I am reading is for Arch Linux,
>> and was at the top of a Google Search).
>>
>>>
>>> This probably happened on windows only supported os.
>>>
>>
>> It *does* say that it only works with uefi, meaning "recent Windows".
>>
>> Kenneth Parker
>>
>

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