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Limine nested menu

September 29, 2022 — BarryK

I posted a couple of days ago, adding a "Fix broken video" menu entry to Limine boot-loader:

https://bkhome.org/news/202209/fix-broken-video-entry-in-limine-menu.html

However, Limine supports nested menus, so changed the menu:

img1

So, if you highlight "Options..." and select it:

img2

Here is 'limine.cfg':

VERBOSE=no
TIMEOUT=10
DEFAULT_ENTRY=1
INTERFACE_BRANDING=EasyOS Limine Boot Manager
INTERFACE_RESOLUTION=640x480

:EasyOS dunfell
COMMENT=EasyOS Dunfell bootup
PROTOCOL=linux
KERNEL_PATH=boot://2/easyos/vmlinuz
MODULE_PATH=boot://2/easyos/initrd
KERNEL_CMDLINE=rw wkg_uuid=dac4bdd4-3c0c-11ed-b16c-287fcfeb4376 wkg_dir=easyos/

: Options...
::Fix broken video
COMMENT=Run Xorg Video Wizard to fix broken video
PROTOCOL=linux
KERNEL_PATH=boot://2/easyos/vmlinuz
MODULE_PATH=boot://2/easyos/initrd
KERNEL_CMDLINE=rw qfix=vid nomodeset wkg_uuid=dac4bdd4-3c0c-11ed-b16c-287fcfeb4376 wkg_dir=easyos/

Pretty simple, and easy for anyone to add another sub-menu entry if they want to. The reference documentation is here:

https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/blob/v3.0-branch/CONFIG.md

Limine keeps getting better. I have compiled version 20220928.0, which was released after debugging here:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=6881

Notice above, I set the screen resolution to 640x480. This gives nice big text.   

Tags: easy