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steady_drop

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Registered: 2012-11-28

Posts: 31

[Solved] - Unable to view GRUB boot menu after dual-boot install

Heya Team,

I have an issue that is driving me crazy, any help would be AWESOME ! I have done my homework and may have hit a wall and missed something.. It isn't my first time setting up a dual-boot with Arch so I am familiar with the process. I will try to describe what I have done so far as best as I can. If I am missing anything or you need anything from me , let me know.

My Setup: 3 hd's , 2 ssd's

/dev/sda - HD -storage

/dev/sdb - HD - sdb1 = /var - sdb2 = /home

/dev/sdc - HD - storage

/dev/sdd - SSD - Windows

/dev/sde - SSD - sde1 = swap - sde2 = /

*The SSD drives are assigned as such because my motherboard has 2 (two) SATA 6GB slots for which the SSD's would benefit.

I followed the beginners guide down to the letter ..
I installed windows first.
Installed Arch next.
Made sure I used os-prober and when I installed grub I installed to /dev/sde.

But when I startup , my computer just boots straight into windows.

Plz help !!

Last edited by steady_drop (2013-09-10 13:29:05)

steady_drop

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Registered: 2012-11-28

Posts: 31

Re: [Solved] - Unable to view GRUB boot menu after dual-boot install

PS: I am using GRUB on BIOS setup.

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: [Solved] - Unable to view GRUB boot menu after dual-boot install

Did you generate the grub.cfg?

steady_drop

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Registered: 2012-11-28

Posts: 31

Re: [Solved] - Unable to view GRUB boot menu after dual-boot install

Heya WonderWoofy, After installing GRUB I did the following commands: * in order

grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sde

pacman -s os-prober

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

henk

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From: Weert, Netherlands

Registered: 2013-01-01

Posts: 334

Re: [Solved] - Unable to view GRUB boot menu after dual-boot install

As WonderWoofy asked, but also did you change te boot priority in the Bios? Now it seems /dev/sdd is the
first boot option instead of /dev/sde

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: [Solved] - Unable to view GRUB boot menu after dual-boot install

Oh, looking at your setup, it would seem that your system is likely still configured to boot to /dev/sdd (the windows drive).

As a user with numerous drives, you should be aware that using /dev/sdXY to identify your disks is a bad idea.  There is no gaurantee that Arch will be /dev/sde every time, nor that windows will be /dev/sdd.  You should use either filesystem labels (LABEL= or /dev/disk/by-label) or UUIDs (UUID= or /dev/disk/by-uuid).  Though if you are using GPT, there is also the option of the PARTLABEL as well (which are the labels you create within the partitioner).

steady_drop

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Registered: 2012-11-28

Posts: 31

Re: [Solved] - Unable to view GRUB boot menu after dual-boot install

YAY !!! I <3 you , guys !! w00t !! I changed the boot order in my BIOS and it worked. I will be looking into GPT as well to see what it has to offer.
Cheers, mates !
Thanks for taking the time to help me !