Switching from grub to systemd-boot

[Sedat Dilek]

Some more informations:

I have a dual boot-system which uses Debian and Windows.
The EFI stuff is on /boot/efi which is/was VFAT formatted.
So, I would like to keep this dual-boot-system.

- Sedat -

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> unfortunately, I did not found much informations on this topic from
> Debian related websites/wikis.
>
> I am here on Debian/testing AMD64 and have a LUKS-encrypted system.
> My notebook is a Lenovo ThinkPad T470 from 2017.
>
> What are your recommendation especially for Debian-systems when
> converting from grub to systemd-boot?
> Where do I have to pay attention?
> Can I get rid of grub entirely as it is not an "essential" package?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help?
>
> Regards,
> - Sedat -
>
> [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/systemd-boot
> [2] https://fogelholk.io/convert-grub-to-systemd-boot-efi/
> [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2/Config_Variables
> [4] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/73242/finding-all-essential-packages-with-apt
>
> P.S.: Check if grub is an essential package
>
> root at iniza:~# dpkg-query -Wf '${Package;-40}${Essential}\n' | grep yes
> base-files                              yes
> base-passwd                             yes
> bash                                    yes
> bsdutils                                yes
> coreutils                               yes
> dash                                    yes
> debianutils                             yes
> diffutils                               yes
> dpkg                                    yes
> findutils                               yes
> grep                                    yes
> gzip                                    yes
> hostname                                yes
> init-system-helpers                     yes
> libc-bin                                yes
> login                                   yes
> ncurses-base                            yes
> ncurses-bin                             yes
> perl-base                               yes
> sed                                     yes
> sysvinit-utils                          yes
> tar                                     yes
> util-linux                              yes
>
> root at iniza:~# dpkg-query -Wf '${Package;-40}${Essential}\n' | grep grub
> grub-common                             no
> grub-efi-amd64                          no
> grub-efi-amd64-bin                      no
> grub2-common                            no
> - EOT -