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@domi@donotsta.re remote

weh why is GRUB still default on alpine. first thing I do after install is throwing it out and installing gummiboot

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@toast@donotsta.re remote

@domi recently I've been messing with refind (esp. since it works so well with void) and it's also quite nice
no idea why anyone uses grub nowadays tbh, unless you don't have a UEFI platform

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@phnt@fluffytail.org remote

@toast @domi
>no idea why anyone uses grub nowadays tbh
LUKS support even though it leaves a lot to be desired in grub. I was too lazy to reinstall Windows on my laptop with a bigger ESP partition and the Windows default is way too small for a kernel and initrd.

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@mint@ryona.agency remote

@phnt @domi @toast Have they added LUKS2 support yet? Either way just putting the unlock routines in initrd is easier and more flexible (e.g. you could put an ssh server in there for remote unlock).

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Phantasm

@phnt@fluffytail.org remote

@mint @domi @toast

From Arch Wiki

Initial LUKS2 support was added to GRUB 2.06, but with several limitations that are only partially addressed in GRUB 2.12rc1. See GRUB bug #55093.
Since GRUB 2.12rc1, grub-install can create a core image to unlock LUKS2. However, it only supports PBKDF2, not Argon2.
Argon2id (cryptsetup default) and Argon2i PBKDFs are not supported (GRUB bug #59409), only PBKDF2 is.

Basically it might as well not have support for it.

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Pawlicker 🐾😹

@PurpCat@clubcyberia.co remote

@phnt @domi @toast also if you're on powerpc or sparc...it's better than the older bootloaders