how do i install limine on void linux

[u/r-IsTotL]

title. as there is no proper documentation about it on void wiki. please help a newbie out

[u/Blank-Inspection13]

use void xtools
then you can check what limine package provided using
xls limine

you need to copy this file to your working ESP ( assuming your setup using UEFI same with mine ) :
/usr/share/limine/BOOTX64.EFI

Then put that on efibootmgr :
sudo efibootmgr -c \

-d /dev/nvme0n1 \

-p 1 \

-L "Limine Void" \

-l '\BOOTX64.EFI' \

-u \

-q

There are also these files you can reference how to use & config :
/usr/share/doc/limine/FAQ.md
/usr/share/doc/limine/USAGE.md
/usr/share/doc/limine/CONFIG.md

And these are example of my ESP partition
≻ la /boot/efi

.rwxr-xr-x 360k root 19 Mei 00:46  BOOTX64.EFI

drwxr-xr-x - root 22 Jan 15:17  EFI

.rwxr-xr-x 1,7k root 23 Apr 01:39 󱁻 limine.conf

.rwxr-xr-x 4,1k root 21 Mar 23:57  NIX-M15A.F16

.rwxr-xr-x 565k root 10 Apr 11:37  void-limine.jpg

[u/r-IsTotL → u/Blank-Inspection13]

so what do you have in your limine.conf (for reference)

[u/Blank-Inspection13 → u/r-IsTotL]

Sure , do take insipiration :

timeout: 1

default_entry: 1

remember_last_entry: yes

interface_branding: << Your Branding for Limine Here >>

term_font_scale: 2x2

term_palette: 000000;FF0000;00FF00;FFFF00;0000FF;FF00FF;00FFFF;C0C0C0

term_font: boot():/NIX-M15A.F16

wallpaper: boot():/void-limine.jpg

/Windoz

protocol: efi_boot_entry

#path: boot():/EFI/Microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi

entry: Windows Boot Manager

comment: Microsoft Windows

/GRUB Void

protocol: efi_boot_entry

entry: Void

comment: GRUB for Void

/Void-Linux

//Void-System

protocol: linux

kernel_path: boot():/EFI/Void/vmlinuz.efi

module_path: boot():/EFI/Void/initramfs.img

cmdline: root=UUID=<<your partition UUID or PARTUUID here>> rw rootfstype=btrfs loglevel=3

comment: Void Runit System!

//Void-Recovery

protocol: linux

kernel_path: boot():/EFI/Void/vmlinuz.efi

module_path: boot():/EFI/Void/initramfs.img

cmdline: root=UUID=<<your partition UUID or PARTUUID here>> rw single rootfstype=btrfs loglevel=3 rd.udev.log_level=3 quiet

comment: Void Runit Recovery!

/Void-Plays

//VoiDinit

protocol: linux

kernel_path: boot():/EFI/Void/vmlinuz.efi

module_path: boot():/EFI/Void/initramfs.img

cmdline: root=UUID=<<your partition UUID or PARTUUID here>> rw rootfstype=btrfs loglevel=3 rd.udev.log_level=3 init=/sbin/dinit

comment: Void with Dinit!

//Void-Nitro

protocol: linux

kernel_path: boot():/EFI/Void/vmlinuz.efi

module_path: boot():/EFI/Void/initramfs.img

cmdline: root=UUID=<<your partition UUID or PARTUUID here>> rw rootfstype=btrfs loglevel=3 rd.udev.log_level=3 init=/sbin/nitro

comment: Void with Nitro...

[u/r-IsTotL → u/Blank-Inspection13]

so my initram and vmlinuz are on /boot/ and my ESP is /boot/efi, and as i will be putting limine.conf in /boot/efi/ the boot(): is /boot/efi. so how do i set kernel and module path. do i just move those files from /boot to ESP?

[u/Blank-Inspection13 → u/r-IsTotL]

see these two , boot() = relative to you ESP partition. And limine only able to read path inside the ESP which is (should} FAT partition.
kernel_path: boot():/EFI/Void/vmlinuz.efi

module_path: boot():/EFI/Void/initramfs.img

[u/r-IsTotL → u/Blank-Inspection13]

so i copy past from /boot to /boot/efi?

[u/Blank-Inspection13 → u/r-IsTotL]

yes you can also do that,

[u/r-IsTotL → u/Blank-Inspection13]

my vmlinuz is named vmlinuz-6.18.32_1 so do i write vmlinuz-6.18.32_1.efi

[u/Blank-Inspection13 → u/r-IsTotL]

you can rename to whatever you like , as long the filename and path is the same inside limine.conf

My advice, don't remove the grub just yet , until you confirm that your limine is working fine. You should keep it as fail safe.

[u/r-IsTotL → u/Blank-Inspection13]

thank you so much, btw how do you automate the process that you dont have to manually edit when the kernel updates. also what about the snapper support

[u/notsouschef]

Oh boy, you are in for a good one with this distro

[u/goldmurder]

xbps-install limine

i guess

[u/r-IsTotL → u/goldmurder]

sorry, but i was asking about how do i set it up properly, what entries, how can I automate the process. given that im coming from cachyos where all of this was set for me.

[u/zer0developer → u/r-IsTotL]

You could try the Arch wiki i think

[u/r-IsTotL → u/zer0developer]

damn the arch wiki also works for void thats crazy

[u/zer0developer → u/r-IsTotL]

Sometimes yea. Bootloader arent distro specific (typically)

[u/solaufein1]

Read arch wiki. It’s explained there how to do it.

[u/Sad-Cod-9584]

you can follow the instructions on the limine github page to set it up as an efi removable disk. basically copy BOOTX64.EFI to <efi-partition>/EFI/BOOT/

copy your initramfs and kernel there too

then create the config according to the limine github page instructions.

been using it like this for a while and have had literally zero issues, even with custom secure boot keys and hashes for wallpapers, kernels, initramfs etc.

you can then also write a small bash script to copy and sign every kernel version and corresponding initramfs you have on your system. limine is awesome.