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rephrase nixos installation doc

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systemd-boot is not the only option, even though it "just works" better.
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Guillaume Girol 2022-07-25 12:00:00 +00:00
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nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml
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@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ OK
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You <emphasis>must</emphasis> set the option
You must select a boot-loader, either system-boot or
GRUB. The recommended option is systemd-boot: set the
option
<xref linkend="opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable" />
to <literal>true</literal>.
<literal>nixos-generate-config</literal> should do this
@ -440,6 +442,23 @@ OK
<link linkend="opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable"><literal>boot.loader.systemd-boot</literal></link>
as well.
</para>
<para>
If you want to use GRUB, set
<xref linkend="opt-boot.loader.grub.device" /> to
<literal>nodev</literal> and
<xref linkend="opt-boot.loader.grub.efiSupport" /> to
<literal>true</literal>.
</para>
<para>
With system-boot, you should not need any special
configuration to detect other installed systems. With
GRUB, set
<xref linkend="opt-boot.loader.grub.useOSProber" /> to
<literal>true</literal>, but this will only detect
windows partitions, not other linux distributions. If
you dual boot another linux distribution, use
system-boot instead.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

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nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md
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@ -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