AlmaLinux / cloud-images

Packer templates and other tools for building AlmaLinux images for various cloud platforms.
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feat(8-x86_64): Unify bootloader configuration #180

Closed LKHN closed 4 months ago

LKHN commented 4 months ago

Unify GRUB2 bootloader configuration to support booting single AlmaLinux OS 8 cloud images in BIOS and UEFI.

The unification process is consist of two part based on the location of doing things.

The new unified_boot Ansible role configures and asserts the its configurations to make sure the machine have robust support for BIOS and UEFI. It also includes installing of GRUB2 boot.img into bios_grub partition. Which makes it possible to be used without of Anaconda installer.