<samueldr>
I think it's time we get with the decade, and start shipping our installer images on FAT32, ext2, and ZFS all at once https://github.com/pcd1193182/cursedfs
<samueldr>
[follow up to this bad post in #nixos-chat ]
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<bennofs>
what was the command to check that I didn't mess up evaluation for a simple meta-only change again? scripts/maintainers/eval-release is eating my ram
<bennofs>
am I doing something wrong? I tried the command that ofborg uses for instantiate, but it needs more than 8G ram.
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<infinisil>
bennofs: Sounds about right to me!
<bennofs[m]>
Didn't even manage to eval it in my 8G RAM laptop. How much RAM do the ofborg machines have?
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<das_j>
is there any particular reason for using grub in the iso when UEFI booting?
<das_j>
systemd-boot seems like a much better choice here. the only thing it lacks are submenus
<samueldr>
though, it hasn't been investigated due to lack of time, I wanted to tear down the code specific to the iso, and juste make it "a nixos configuration"
<samueldr>
so that it would be trivial to change the bootloader
<samueldr>
I'm pretty sure making the iso builder less custom is a net posiitivve
<clever>
part of the complication, might be that it needs 2 bootloaders currently
<clever>
for efi and legacy
<clever>
so you need a way to configure 2 bootloaders at once
<clever>
though, the old floppy emulation...
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<samueldr>
yep
<samueldr>
also, breaking things apart could allow us to squashfs the sd-image easier I guess
<clever>
there is also a major difference between netboot/multi-boot-helper and the iso image
<clever>
netboot is putting the squashfs into the initrd
<clever>
so it uses more ram, but doesnt need the boot media after booting
<clever>
and i tend to reuse the netboot template, heavily, lol
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<das_j>
umm, why is the ESP so hacky?
<das_j>
it's the worst ESP I have seen in my life
<samueldr>
what's the problem?
<das_j>
the "img" file
<das_j>
which is also a partition
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<samueldr>
isn't that what mkhybrid does?
* samueldr
needs to check the tool name
<das_j>
the most logical thing to do (IMO) would be a MBR with the legacy bootloader installed and with one large fat32 that holds the squashfs and the ESP files
<ajs124>
that's not El Torito compatible though, is it?
<samueldr>
it still needs to work as an iso
<samueldr>
^
<das_j>
does anyone even still own CDs tho?
<samueldr>
yes
<das_j>
oof
<samueldr>
many hosting platforms' isos end up virtualized as CDs
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<ajs124>
so ubuntu isos seem to have an actual efi, not a file which is also a partition
<samueldr>
and virtualization sofftware may not cope by default (unverified)
<samueldr>
I'm not saying it can't be done, but it's something to keep in mind
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<samueldr>
:/ I knew something like #77985 was going to come at some point, though I'm not sure I am prepared for it