#!/bin/bash # NAME: Script to transition from systemd-boot to Limine bootloader # REQUIRES: sudo set -euo pipefail echo "do you confirm this transition?" read -r -p "Are you sure? [y/N] " response if [[ "$response" != "y" ]]; then exit 0 fi RED='\033[0;31m' GREEN='\033[0;32m' YELLOW='\033[1;33m' BLUE='\033[0;34m' NC='\033[0m' print_status() { echo -e "${BLUE}[INFO]${NC} $1"; } print_success() { echo -e "${GREEN}[SUCCESS]${NC} $1"; } print_warning() { echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARNING]${NC} $1"; } print_error() { echo -e "${RED}[ERROR]${NC} $1"; } if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then print_error "This script must be run as root (use sudo)" exit 1 fi if ! command -v pacman &>/dev/null; then print_error "This script is designed for Arch Linux / CachyOS systems" exit 1 fi print_status "Starting transition from systemd-boot to Limine..." ESP_PATH="" if command -v bootctl &>/dev/null; then ESP_PATH=$(bootctl --print-esp-path 2>/dev/null || echo "") fi if [[ -z "$ESP_PATH" ]]; then if [[ -d "/boot/EFI" ]]; then ESP_PATH="/boot" elif [[ -d "/efi/EFI" ]]; then ESP_PATH="/efi" else print_error "Could not detect ESP path" exit 1 fi fi print_success "ESP detected at: $ESP_PATH" BACKUP_DIR="/root/bootloader-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR" [[ -d "$ESP_PATH/loader" ]] && cp -r "$ESP_PATH/loader" "$BACKUP_DIR/" 2>/dev/null || true [[ -d "$ESP_PATH/EFI/systemd" ]] && cp -r "$ESP_PATH/EFI/systemd" "$BACKUP_DIR/" 2>/dev/null || true efibootmgr -v >"$BACKUP_DIR/efibootmgr-backup.txt" 2>/dev/null || true print_success "Backup created at: $BACKUP_DIR" CURRENT_CMDLINE="" if [[ -f "/etc/kernel/cmdline" ]]; then CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(cat /etc/kernel/cmdline) print_status "Found existing /etc/kernel/cmdline: $CURRENT_CMDLINE" else CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(cat /proc/cmdline | sed 's/BOOT_IMAGE=[^ ]* //') print_status "Using current /proc/cmdline: $CURRENT_CMDLINE" fi print_status "Installing Limine and related packages..." pacman -S --needed --noconfirm limine limine-snapper-sync limine-mkinitcpio-hook print_success "Limine packages installed" print_status "Installing Limine bootloader to ESP..." mkdir -p "$ESP_PATH/EFI/Limine" if [[ -f "/usr/share/limine/limine_x64.efi" ]]; then cp /usr/share/limine/limine_x64.efi "$ESP_PATH/EFI/Limine/" elif [[ -f "/usr/share/limine/BOOTX64.EFI" ]]; then cp /usr/share/limine/BOOTX64.EFI "$ESP_PATH/EFI/Limine/limine_x64.efi" else print_error "Could not find Limine EFI files" exit 1 fi print_success "Limine files installed to ESP" print_status "Creating UEFI boot entry for Limine..." ESP_DEVICE=$(df "$ESP_PATH" | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}') ESP_DISK=$(echo "$ESP_DEVICE" | sed 's/[0-9]*$//') ESP_PART_NUM=$(echo "$ESP_DEVICE" | sed 's/.*[^0-9]//') efibootmgr -c -d "$ESP_DISK" -p "$ESP_PART_NUM" -L "Limine" -l "\\EFI\\Limine\\limine_x64.efi" || { print_warning "Could not create UEFI boot entry automatically" } print_success "Limine UEFI boot entry created" print_status "Configuring kernel command line..." echo "$CURRENT_CMDLINE" >/etc/kernel/cmdline print_success "Kernel command line configured: $CURRENT_CMDLINE" print_status "Configuring Limine..." [[ ! -f "/etc/default/limine" ]] && cat >/etc/default/limine <"$ESP_PATH/limine.conf" <<'EOF' ### Read more at config document: https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/blob/trunk/CONFIG.md timeout: 1 ### Note: For "default_entry" to select a sub-entry within an OS menu, modify "/OS name" to "/+OS name" to keep its submenus visible. default_entry: 2 #interface_branding_color: 3 interface_branding: hash_mismatch_panic: no term_palette: 1e1e2e;f38ba8;a6e3a1;f9e2af;89b4fa;f5c2e7;94e2d5;cdd6f4 term_palette_bright: 585b70;f38ba8;a6e3a1;f9e2af;89b4fa;f5c2e7;94e2d5;cdd6f4 term_background: 1e1e2e term_foreground: cdd6f4 term_background_bright: 585b70 term_foreground_bright: cdd6f4 EOF print_status "Generating Limine boot entries..." limine-update print_success "Limine configuration created" print_status "Setting Limine as default boot option..." LIMINE_ENTRY=$(efibootmgr | grep "Limine" | head -1 | cut -c5-8) if [[ -n "$LIMINE_ENTRY" ]]; then CURRENT_ORDER=$(efibootmgr | grep "BootOrder" | cut -d' ' -f2) NEW_ORDER=$(echo "$CURRENT_ORDER" | sed "s/$LIMINE_ENTRY,//g" | sed "s/,$LIMINE_ENTRY//g" | sed "s/^$LIMINE_ENTRY$//g") if [[ -n "$NEW_ORDER" ]]; then efibootmgr -o "$LIMINE_ENTRY,$NEW_ORDER" else efibootmgr -o "$LIMINE_ENTRY" fi print_success "Limine set as default boot option" else print_warning "Could not find Limine boot entry to set as default" fi print_status "Removing systemd-boot components..." # Remove systemd-boot UEFI entries SYSTEMD_ENTRIES=$(efibootmgr | grep -i "Linux Boot Manager\|systemd" | cut -c5-8 || true) if [[ -n "$SYSTEMD_ENTRIES" ]]; then for entry in $SYSTEMD_ENTRIES; do print_status "Removing UEFI boot entry: Boot$entry" efibootmgr -b "$entry" -B || print_warning "Failed to remove boot entry $entry" done fi # Remove systemd-boot files from ESP if [[ -d "$ESP_PATH/EFI/systemd" ]]; then print_status "Removing systemd-boot EFI files..." rm -rf "$ESP_PATH/EFI/systemd" print_success "systemd-boot EFI files removed" fi if [[ -d "$ESP_PATH/loader" ]]; then print_status "Removing systemd-boot configuration..." rm -rf "$ESP_PATH/loader" print_success "systemd-boot configuration removed" fi if [[ -f "$ESP_PATH/limine.conf" ]]; then print_success "Limine configuration file exists" else print_error "Limine configuration file missing!" fi if [[ -f "$ESP_PATH/EFI/Limine/limine_x64.efi" ]]; then print_success "Limine EFI bootloader exists" else print_error "Limine EFI bootloader missing!" fi sudo pacman -S snap-pac sudo systemctl enable --now limine-snapper-sync.service echo print_success "TRANSITION COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY!" echo print_status "Summary:" echo " • Limine bootloader installed to: $ESP_PATH/EFI/Limine/" echo " • Configuration file: $ESP_PATH/limine.conf" echo " • Kernel command line: /etc/kernel/cmdline" echo " • Backup created at: $BACKUP_DIR" echo " • Boot order updated" echo " • systemd-boot completely removed" echo print_warning "IMPORTANT: Reboot to test the new Limine setup!" print_warning "systemd-boot has been completely removed - ensure Limine works before removing backup!" print_success "Script completed. Please reboot when ready."