On 10/30/22 07:23, stan via users wrote:
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:38:53 -0400
Felix Miata <mrmazda(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 11:55 (UTC-0700):
>
>>> I hadn't even looked into creating a new partition under
>>> /boot/efi/EFI with a unique name, and what would be required for
>>> it to work. Is it really as simple as changing GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=
>>> in /etc/default/grub, and everything else happens automatically?
>
>> How would dnf know about that changed name in order to install the
>> shim?
>
> DNF knows because it's a front-end to RPM, which operates according
> to the content of the grub2-efi rpm and /etc/default/grub, Grub's
> config file. Pretend it has .conf appended if necessary to
> understand. The value set for GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= establishes the
> location on the ESP where the efi file(s) must be located.
This is good to know. I had assumed that the shim location was
hardcoded in the rpm, so this is more flexible.
The shim location *is* hardcoded in the rpm. I don't know what that
setting will affect.