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rasr11

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Registered: 2012-03-26

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[Solved] Dual Boot windows 10 along arch linux

Hi,

I have Windows 10 already installed in my laptop. I want to install arch linux also. I have previous experience of installing arch linux along Windows in BIOS-MBR setup. This is my first attempt to install in UEFI-GPT setup. I have some confusion after going through several posts regarding dual booting in UEFI :

i) Do I have to mount the WIndows EFI partition to /boot or /boot/efi ?

ii) When installing grub, is this the right command :

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=grub 

iii) Do I need os-prober installed to detect Windows 10?

iv) Apart from the above three steps is anything extra needed to get dual boot working?

Thanks

Last edited by rasr11 (2017-10-29 00:38:40)

lo1

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Re: [Solved] Dual Boot windows 10 along arch linux

Hello,
1)for the sake of simplicity best to mount it at /boot. And you need to mount your ESP, not whatever windows partition.
2)that would be the right command only if you choose /boot/efi as mount point, thus correct the --efi-directory
3)yes, otherwise efibootmgr does more or less the trick, it's up to you
4)https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … ation_file

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Re: [Solved] Dual Boot windows 10 along arch linux

4)https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … ation_file

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rasr11

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Re: [Solved] Dual Boot windows 10 along arch linux

Hello,
1)for the sake of simplicity best to mount it at /boot. And you need to mount your ESP, not whatever windows partition.
2)that would be the right command only if you choose /boot/efi as mount point, thus correct the --efi-directory
3)yes, otherwise efibootmgr does more or less the trick, it's up to you
4)https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … ation_file

Thanks for clearing that up. I am currently installing arch in my machine. Grub installed successfully as you advised. Thanks