Set GRUB menu time to 0, cannot get back to arch from windows

SaltyBarcode · 2017-06-23 12:51:29

Initially, my computer would boot straight into my arch linux partition, then from there I could run a script to boot into Windows. When I restarted, it would boot back into linux. This worked fine as I was using arch most of the time, but after I reinstalled windows (on the same partition as it was on before), my computer now loads straight into windows from startup, and I have no way of getting back to arch. How can I get back onto arch linux? Thanks.

Trilby · 2017-06-23 12:54:59

You may want to revise your title. This has nothing to do with your menu time being (previously) set to 0. If that was the problem, I was going to direct you to the wiki page that tells you how to get to the menu anyways.

But the problem seems to be that you reinstalled windows which overwrote GRUB with it's own boot loader. The solution is to reinstall GRUB to the disk (boot into a live cd/usb to do so). For more details see the GRUB wiki page or tell us whether this is a EUFI or BIOS system.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB

SaltyBarcode · 2017-06-23 13:11:29

Ah, that makes more sense. It's a BIOS/Legacy system. What live USB is recommended to do this? Is there a way I can use the GRUB settings that I specified on arch linux previously on the live USB, and will I be able to use os-prober to detect the 'new' windows, from the live USB?

Trilby · 2017-06-23 13:40:30

SaltyBarcode wrote:

What live USB is recommended to do this?

Er ... an arch linux one. As for the other questions - see the wiki.

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#1 2017-06-23 12:51:29

Set GRUB menu time to 0, cannot get back to arch from windows

#2 2017-06-23 12:54:59

Re: Set GRUB menu time to 0, cannot get back to arch from windows

#3 2017-06-23 13:11:29

Re: Set GRUB menu time to 0, cannot get back to arch from windows

#4 2017-06-23 13:40:30

Re: Set GRUB menu time to 0, cannot get back to arch from windows

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