Documentation for dual-boot setup

[marmarek]

Currently grub config generation have disabled handling other systems. Mostly because of https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-020-2015.txt

We need some documentation how to add such entries manually...

[marmarek]

/cc @axon-qubes

[marmarek]

/cc @axon-qubes

[andrewdavidwong]

I'm afraid I really don't know enough about this to write good documentation for it. Adding "Help Wanted" tag.

[andrewdavidwong]

I'm afraid I really don't know enough about this to write good documentation for it. Adding "Help Wanted" tag.

[marmarek]

Just for reference: related post

[marmarek]

Just for reference: related post

[mfc]

this is already documented here: https://micahflee.com/2014/04/dual-booting-qubes-and-ubuntu-with-encrypted-disks/

[mfc]

this is already documented here: https://micahflee.com/2014/04/dual-booting-qubes-and-ubuntu-with-encrypted-disks/

[andrewdavidwong]

Can someone more knowledgeable than me confirm whether that's up-to-date? If so, maybe we can ask Micah for permission to convert it to Markdown and add it to the docs.

[andrewdavidwong]

Can someone more knowledgeable than me confirm whether that's up-to-date? If so, maybe we can ask Micah for permission to convert it to Markdown and add it to the docs.

[marmarek]

Looks up to date. The most important part (the only one specific to Qubes OS rather than any other multi-boot setup) is "Fixing Grub" chapter.

[marmarek]

Looks up to date. The most important part (the only one specific to Qubes OS rather than any other multi-boot setup) is "Fixing Grub" chapter.

[unman]

That isn't a complete answer and it only handles one case where the other OS has boot loader installed on a partition. This wont be the case for most users who want to install qubes and already have another distro installed.
I'm writing up some notes which cover more cases. I'll post them tomorrow when finished.

[unman]

That isn't a complete answer and it only handles one case where the other OS has boot loader installed on a partition. This wont be the case for most users who want to install qubes and already have another distro installed.
I'm writing up some notes which cover more cases. I'll post them tomorrow when finished.

[marmarek]

Thanks for writing that docs!

[marmarek]

Thanks for writing that docs!

[shaaati]

Not sure if this is the right place to mention this but I am currently considering Qubes OS for personal usage and, while browsing the docs, found that the part about multibooting is not up to date.

From what I understood so far Qubes OS supports UEFI boot since 3.1 and the multiboot doc has been written with 3.0 in mind where a legacy MBR setup was still necessary. The docs should probably be updated to reflect the new situation.

[shaaati]

Not sure if this is the right place to mention this but I am currently considering Qubes OS for personal usage and, while browsing the docs, found that the part about multibooting is not up to date.

From what I understood so far Qubes OS supports UEFI boot since 3.1 and the multiboot doc has been written with 3.0 in mind where a legacy MBR setup was still necessary. The docs should probably be updated to reflect the new situation.

[andrewdavidwong]

@shaaati: Thanks for the heads up. I've removed that section from the doc.

[andrewdavidwong]

@shaaati: Thanks for the heads up. I've removed that section from the doc.