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9mo ago
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Pretty sure we just need to modify grub2-mkconfig to tell it that /sysroot is root instead of /
Pretty sure we just need to modify grub2
-mkconfig to tell it that
/sysroot is root instead of
/
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T
tulip
maybe try installing to `/sysroot` instead? w/ `/boot/efi` mounted to `/sysroot/...
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:21 PM
it looks for
/boot by default and that
's in the right spot
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:22 PM
though there is a mountpoint in
/sysroot for boot
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:25 PM
it generated a grub
.cfg switching
/ to
/sysroot
.
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:29 PM
And that nuked grub on me and now I need to remove that file
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:29 PM
Config error
M
M2
Pretty sure we just need to modify grub2-mkconfig to tell it that /sysroot is ro...
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 2:30 PM
So grub mkconfig also needs an edit
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:32 PM
Yepp
. It
's a single line change
. But the generated config had a recursion bug on me
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 2:34 PM
So is boot read only or did I do a nopp
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 2:34 PM
Noop
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:36 PM
For me boot is rw
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 2:37 PM
rip
, well lets keep it if it does not explode
, unsure
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:58 PM
Currently upset that framework doesn
't provide an efi
-shell
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 2:58 PM
So need to find a USB stick to fix my grub
M
M2
So need to find a USB stick to fix my grub
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 3:34 PM
What did you do
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 3:34 PM
Please tell me before I blow mine up
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 4:05 PM
I placed the generated grub
.cfg as a sourced file from my previous one
.
It then sourced it self over and over and blew up
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 4:06 PM
Was trying to live beside the static grub config
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 4:07 PM
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/commit/03d26b6086d0e65ed9eb64a632d8b1976ae13552
GitHub
fix(grub): enable finding root with composefs · ublue-os/bazzite@0...
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 4:29 PM
Also kind of explains why grub had stale options
A
antheas
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/commit/03d26b6086d0e65ed9eb64a632d8b1976ae13...
F
fiftydinar
•
4/23/25, 4:47 PM
this should be upstreamed in Fedora
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 4:56 PM
We need to open an issue
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 4:56 PM
They want the static grub
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 4:56 PM
This needs an if else
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 4:56 PM
Yepp
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 4:58 PM
lets test it first
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 5:10 PM
Well fixed my grub
. Windows installer does not have an ext4 driver so needed to grab a Linux live ISO
.
.
.
.
My laptop not having an EFI shell was annoying since I needed a whole os to remove the offending file
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:48 PM
grub regenerated correctly
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:48 PM
stale entries gonezo
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:48 PM
now its not hidden anymore
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:48 PM
whyyyyyy
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:56 PM
because the ujust has confusing wording
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:56 PM
fixed
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:58 PM
where does the mkconfig issue is supposed to go
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 5:58 PM
what fedora bugtracker
M
M2
OP
•
4/23/25, 6:00 PM
No idea
A
antheas
where does the mkconfig issue is supposed to go
D
dreamyuki
•
4/23/25, 6:10 PM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308594
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 6:11 PM
so im putting my thinking cap on
J
j0rge
•
4/23/25, 6:11 PM
If there a tracking issue for building Nvidia out of main
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 6:11 PM
why are these issues not blockers
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 6:11 PM
they knew about them
D
dreamyuki
•
4/23/25, 6:13 PM
No idea
D
dreamyuki
•
4/23/25, 6:13 PM
Almost 1 year and the patch is not submitted upstream or being patched in Fedora grub package
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 6:17 PM
It
's 5 months from what I
'm seeing
A
antheas
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/commit/03d26b6086d0e65ed9eb64a632d8b1976ae13...
B
bsherman
•
4/23/25, 7:15 PM
we should probably have this in our main images so bluefin
/aurora also benefit
.
.
.
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 7:16 PM
made sure it applies 2x cleanly
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 7:16 PM
just add it to main
J
j0rge
•
4/23/25, 7:19 PM
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/universal-blue-base-images-are-now-based-on-fedora-42/7846/16?u=j0rge
Universal Blue
Universal Blue base images are now based on Fedora 42
Now that the
-nvidia latest is on 42
. Can we please have the gts label moved to 41
? Thanks
!
J
j0rge
•
4/23/25, 7:20 PM
People keep posting issues on the forum instead of github
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 9:59 PM
wants normal users
, complains they dont use dev tools
A
antheas
•
4/23/25, 9:59 PM
https://tenor.com/view/surprised-pikachu-pokemon-shock-surprised-pikachu-gif-15357817
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