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This page is useful for those who wish to use the GRUB GRUB payload directly. If you're using SeaBIOS, the boot process will work similarly to traditional BIOS systems; refer to the SeaBIOS documentation on https://seabios.org/SeaBIOS
GNU+Linux is the operating system of choice, for Libreboot development. It is highly recommended over any other operating system, precisely because it consists of Free Software (free as in freedom). There are other free operating systems, such as BSD, but most of the software in a typical GNU+Linux system is also copylefted. To learn more about the importance of copyleft, read this page on the GNU website: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.html
Useful links
Refer to the following pages:
- How to Prepare and Boot a USB Installer in Libreboot Systems
- Modifying the GRUB Configuration in Libreboot Systems
- Guix System with Full-Disk Encryption on Libreboot
- Installing Parabola or Arch GNU+Linux-Libre, with Full-Disk Encryption (including /boot)
- Follow-Up Tutorial: Configuring Parabola (Post-Install)
- Installing Hyperbola GNU+Linux, with Full-Disk Encryption (including /boot)
- Installing Trisquel GNU+Linux-Libre, with Full-Disk Encryption (including /boot)
- Installing Debian or Devuan GNU+Linux-Libre, with Full-Disk Encryption (including /boot)
- How to Harden Your GRUB Configuration, for Security
Fedora won't boot?
This may also apply to CentOS or Redhat. Chroot guide can be found on fedora website
linux16 issue
When you use Libreboot's default GRUB config, and libreboot's grub uses fedora's
default grub.cfg (in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg), fedora by default makes use of the
linux16 command, whereas it should be saying linux
Do this in fedora:
Open /etc/grub.d/10_linux
Set the sixteenbit variable to an empty string, then run:
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
BLS issue
With newer versions of fedora,
scripts from grub package default to generating BLS
instead of grub.cfg. To change that behaviour add following line
to /etc/default/grub (or modify existing one if it already exists):
GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=false
Then generate grub.cfg with:
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg