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#1 2011-09-13 08:09:21

bjorntj
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Registered: 2011-05-10
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[Solved] Howto boot Windows 7 from grub2 and uefi?

I have added the following entry in my grub.cfg file..:

menuentry "Windows 7" {
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod fat
    search --file --no-floppy --set=root /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
    chainloader ()/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}

But if I choose this entry, I get an error telling me "No such disk"

What am I missing?


Regards,

BTJ

Last edited by bjorntj (2011-09-13 08:41:42)


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#2 2011-09-13 08:25:00

skodabenz
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Re: [Solved] Howto boot Windows 7 from grub2 and uefi?

It should be

chainloader (${root})/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi

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#3 2011-09-13 08:28:41

bjorntj
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Re: [Solved] Howto boot Windows 7 from grub2 and uefi?

Thx... smile

BTJ


Someone wrote:
"I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages"
To which someone replied:
"It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows"

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#4 2011-09-13 08:35:46

skodabenz
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Re: [Solved] Howto boot Windows 7 from grub2 and uefi?

bjorntj wrote:

Thx... smile

BTJ

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Last edited by skodabenz (2011-09-13 08:39:14)


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