ZFSBootMenu

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Overview — ZFSBootMenu 2.3.0 documentation

docs.zfsbootmenu.org

Has anyone tried ZFSBootMenu?

Loads of people on Reddit swear by it though i've seen a few posts that dislike it being so heavily integrated with UEFI and having remote administration enabled by default.

 

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FreeBSD support · zbm-dev zfsbootmenu · Discussion #673

FreeBSD now has loader.kboot for booting from Linux into FreeBSD. this works really well on aarch64, and will soon work well for amd64 (once I find the time to finish it). I've been asked if ZBM co...

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They are working on freebsd boot.

 

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ZFS Boot Menu - I put that sh\*t on everything (and how I do it)

GitHub - NLaundry/zfsbootmenu-autoinstaller

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This PhD student has started a easy install script for Debian, his first attempt failed on VM but it worked ok on real hardware.

 

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Well, I've lost complete interest in this as it seems like a convoluted pain in the ass!

If you don't build everything from scratch and use the pre-compiled EFI files, then you end up with Void Linux files.

Each release includes pre-generated boot images, based on Void Linux, that should work for the majority of users. These images are available for x86_64 UEFI and legacy BIOS systems in the form of an EFI executable or a kernel and initramfs. Users of other platforms or that require custom configurations can build local images, running the ZFSBootMenu image generator either in a host installation or in the controlled environment of an OCI (Docker) container.

Considering past Void Linux controversies, I wouldn't want it on my system and I have no desire to build local files.