When Grub is to be used with UEFI, it is not going to write to any MBR
of any disk. As such, it is safe to use multiple "nodev" device entries
when mirroring the ESP partition to multiple disks.
E.g.:
```
boot.loader.grub = {
enable = true;
version = 2;
zfsSupport = true;
efiSupport = true;
mirroredBoots = [
{ devices = [ "nodev" ]; path = "/boot1"; efiSysMountPoint = "/boot1"; }
{ devices = [ "nodev" ]; path = "/boot2"; efiSysMountPoint = "/boot2"; }
{ devices = [ "nodev" ]; path = "/boot3"; efiSysMountPoint = "/boot3"; }
];
};
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
```
Fixes#18584
Both btrfs-progs and utillinux are ~5MB, we may discuss in future
to handle this better but I see no better way at the moment than
increaing purity in the install process.
Previously, the value from stdenv.platform.kernelDTB was used. That
doesn't work well if both kinds (DTB and non-DTB) of generations exist
in the system profile.
':' is currently used as separator in /boot/grub/state for the list of
devices GRUB should be installed to. The problem is that ':' itself may
appear in a device path:
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_20043512300546C0B317-0:0
With such a path, NixOS will install GRUB *every* time, because it
thinks the configuration differs from the state file (due to the wrong
list split). Fix it by using ',' as separator.
For existing systems with GRUB installed on multiple devices, this
change means that GRUB will be installed one extra time.
When displaying a warning about a removed Option we should always
include reasoning why it was removed and how to get the same
functionality without it.
Introduces such a description argument and patches occurences (mostly
with an empty string).
startGnuPGAgent: further notes on replacement
This reverts commit b861bf8ddf, because according to @mdorman [1] this
change rendered his NixOS systems unbootable, and we probably don't want that.
[1] b861bf8ddf (commitcomment-16058598)
- add missing types in module definitions
- add missing 'defaultText' in module definitions
- wrap example with 'literalExample' where necessary in module definitions
Setting nixosVersion to something custom is useful for meaningful GRUB
menus and /nix/store paths, but actuallly changing it rebulids the
whole system path (because of `nixos-version` script and manual
pages). Also, changing it is not a particularly good idea because you
can then be differentitated from other NixOS users by a lot of
programs that read /etc/os-release.
This patch introduces an alternative option that does all you want
from nixosVersion, but rebuilds only the very top system level and
/etc while using your label in the names of system /nix/store paths,
GRUB and other boot loaders' menus, getty greetings and so on.
Previously this barfed with:
updating GRUB 2 menu...
fileparse(): need a valid pathname at /nix/store/zldbbngl0f8g5iv4rslygxwp0dbg1624-install-grub.pl line 391.
warning: error(s) occured while switching to the new configuration
Option aliases/deprecations can now be declared in any NixOS module,
not just in nixos/modules/rename.nix. This is more modular (since it
allows for example grub-related aliases to be declared in the grub
module), and allows aliases outside of NixOS (e.g. in NixOps modules).
The syntax is a bit funky. Ideally we'd have something like:
options = {
foo.bar.newOption = mkOption { ... };
foo.bar.oldOption = mkAliasOption [ "foo" "bar" "newOption" ];
};
but that's not possible because options cannot define values in
*other* options - you need to have a "config" for that. So instead we
have functions that return a *module*: mkRemovedOptionModule,
mkRenamedOptionModule and mkAliasOptionModule. These can be used via
"imports", e.g.
imports = [
(mkAliasOptionModule [ "foo" "bar" "oldOption" ] [ "foo" "bar" "newOption" ]);
];
As an added bonus, deprecation warnings now show the file name of the
offending module.
Fixes#10385.
When using extlinux-conf-builder in a nix build using chroots, the
following error message could be seen:
/nix/store/XXX-extlinux-conf-builder.sh: line 121: cd: /nix/var/nix/profiles: No such file or directory
To avoid this, just skip the code path parsing /nix/var/nix/profiles
when $numGenerations (passed from the command line) is 0 (which is the
only legal value of $numGenerations in a nix build context).
Without a menu title, U-Boot's distro scripts just autoboot the first
entry by default.
When I initially wrote this, my board wasn't apparently running stock
U-Boot but had some local hacks saved in the U-Boot's environment
which made it always display the prompt.
