Hi, > My real problem with grub2 is not that it's complex, but the fact that > it exposes its complexities to the user. The config file syntax is a mess indeed. The fact that you need a config generator tool in the first place speaks volumes ... But note that grub config files don't have to be as complex as the grub2-mkconfig generated ones. > I'm willing to try systemd-boot on a virtual machine, to see if it > makes things easier, but the fact it doesn't support BIOS makes it not > very usable for me. https://www.kraxel.org/repos/images/fedora-31-efi-systemd-x86_64.qcow2.xz Image boots in both uefi (sd-boot) and bios (grub2) mode, and the config file for the latter is so short that I can include it here without hitting the mailing list size limit ;) ------------------------------ cut here ------------------------------ function load_video { insmod all_video } insmod part_gpt insmod fat insmod serial insmod terminal insmod blscfg serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 terminal_output console serial terminal_input console serial set boot='hd0,gpt2' set timeout=3 blscfg ------------------------------ cut here ------------------------------ take care, Gerd _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx