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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md index 7e830f8e4583b..dd7f883bb3c30 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md @@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ Use the following commands: UEFI systems - : You *must* set the option [](#opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable) + : You must select a boot-loader, either system-boot or GRUB. The recommended + option is systemd-boot: set the option [](#opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable) to `true`. `nixos-generate-config` should do this automatically for new configurations when booted in UEFI mode. @@ -312,6 +313,15 @@ Use the following commands: [`boot.loader.systemd-boot`](#opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable) as well. + : If you want to use GRUB, set [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.device) to `nodev` and + [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.efiSupport) to `true`. + + : With system-boot, you should not need any special configuration to detect + other installed systems. With GRUB, set [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.useOSProber) + to `true`, but this will only detect windows partitions, not other linux + distributions. If you dual boot another linux distribution, use system-boot + instead. + If you need to configure networking for your machine the configuration options are described in [](#sec-networking). In particular, while wifi is supported on the installation image, it is |