Limine Installer tested

Forum member l0wt3ch reported boot fail after installing Limine, using Limine Installer:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=171406#p171406

...there is no need to install the Limine .pet, it is already builtin in EasyOS.

Running the latest EasyOS, 7.3.8RC on a usb-stick, ran "limine-installer" in a terminal, so as to see any error messages. Firstly, booted on my Zenbook laptop, UEFI bootup, and OS installations were found:

/EasyOS Excalibur64 (partition nvme0n1p2, path excalibur)
    comment: EasyOS bootup
    resolution: 800x600
    protocol: linux
    kernel_cmdline: rw intel_iommu=igfx_off wkg_uuid=a6446008-7f3a-4196-be5c-c0416f4edf44 wkg_dir=excalibur
    kernel_path: guid(cd4fe787-417f-4806-a16e-f63c360b135d):/excalibur/vmlinuz
    module_path: guid(cd4fe787-417f-4806-a16e-f63c360b135d):/excalibur/initrd

/EasyOS Scarthgap64 (partition nvme0n1p2, path scarthgap)
    comment: EasyOS bootup
    resolution: 800x600
    protocol: linux
    kernel_cmdline: rw intel_iommu=igfx_off wkg_uuid=a6446008-7f3a-4196-be5c-c0416f4edf44 wkg_dir=scarthgap
    kernel_path: guid(cd4fe787-417f-4806-a16e-f63c360b135d):/scarthgap/vmlinuz
    module_path: guid(cd4fe787-417f-4806-a16e-f63c360b135d):/scarthgap/initrd

/EasyOS Daedalus64 (partition nvme0n1p2, path daedalus)
    comment: EasyOS bootup
    resolution: 800x600
    protocol: linux
    kernel_cmdline: rw intel_iommu=igfx_off wkg_uuid=a6446008-7f3a-4196-be5c-c0416f4edf44 wkg_dir=daedalus
    kernel_path: guid(cd4fe787-417f-4806-a16e-f63c360b135d):/daedalus/vmlinuz
    module_path: guid(cd4fe787-417f-4806-a16e-f63c360b135d):/daedalus/initrd

/EasyOS Excalibur64 (partition sda2, path easyos)
    comment: EasyOS bootup
    resolution: 800x600
    protocol: linux
    kernel_cmdline: rw intel_iommu=igfx_off wkg_uuid=ee414d80-252b-45e1-a9eb-f687271ee44e wkg_dir=easyos
    kernel_path: fslabel(easyos2):/easyos/vmlinuz
    module_path: fslabel(easyos2):/easyos/initrd

...drive /dev/nvme0n1 is gpt, the USB-stick /dev/sda is mbr.

Chose to install to the usb-stick, rebooted, all of the above are in 'limine.conf' in first partition of the USB-stick, and all menu entries work.

Next, booted the Easy 7.3.8RC usb-stick on my Lenovo PC, which is UEFI but capable of legacy-BIOS bootup; chose the latter. This time, Limine Installer put up this message:

...clicked "CONTINUE", OS installations were found:

/EasyOS Excalibur64 (partition nvme0n1p2, path easyos)
    comment: EasyOS bootup
    resolution: 800x600
    protocol: linux
    kernel_cmdline: rw intel_iommu=igfx_off wkg_uuid=f992c44c-80f3-4c0c-b915-5a40907fb548 wkg_dir=easyos
    kernel_path: guid(641de803-19ae-43c6-b886-b4687e99ce6d):/easyos/vmlinuz
    module_path: guid(641de803-19ae-43c6-b886-b4687e99ce6d):/easyos/initrd

/EasyOS Excalibur64 (partition sda2, path easyos)
    comment: EasyOS bootup
    resolution: 800x600
    protocol: linux
    kernel_cmdline: rw intel_iommu=igfx_off wkg_uuid=ee414d80-252b-45e1-a9eb-f687271ee44e wkg_dir=easyos
    kernel_path: fslabel(easyos2):/easyos/vmlinuz
    module_path: fslabel(easyos2):/easyos/initrd

...note, drive /dev/nvme0n1 is gpt, the usb-stick /dev/sda is mbr.

Chose again to install to the usb-stick, rebooted, again chose legacy-BIOS bootup, got the above two menu entries, both work.   

Tags: easy