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archgrandma

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Registered: 2026-02-06

Posts: 4

Limine help for multi boot setup

Hello everybody,
I have setup Arch and dual boot with Windows11. At the moment am going into UEFI directly to choose which OS to boot.
Have read about bootloaders and trying Limine (let me know if there is an easier/better option).

Have followed instructions in Arch Wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Limine … oot_loader) and can see the Limine in the UEFI boot menu but when I select that I get a blank screen.

[archgrandma@archlinux]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/nvme1n1 | grep EFI
/dev/nvme1n1p1    2048    2099199    2097152     1G EFI System

[archgrandma@archlinux]$ lsblk -f | grep nvme1n1p1
├─nvme1n1p1 vfat        FAT32       F13E-0859                             965.6M     6% /boot

[archgrandma@archlinux]$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0003,0001,0000,0004,0005
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,0ad33f1c-a1d6-4106-9dd2-d02a54624af6,0x800,0x32000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d000000653e0100000010000000040000007fff0400
Boot0001* Linux Boot Manager    HD(1,GPT,f7616d40-60d5-411f-b56a-de7f9200b2bd,0x800,0x200000)/\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot0003* Arch Linux Limine Boot Loader HD(1,GPT,f7616d40-60d5-411f-b56a-de7f9200b2bd,0x800,0x200000)/\EFI\limine\BOOTX64.EFI

For the configuration file I am unsure and have tried many things based on what AI tells me and various forums.

[archgrandma@archlinux /]$ blkid | grep nvme1n1p1
/dev/nvme1n1p1: UUID="F13E-0859" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="f7616d40-60d5-411f-b56a-de7f9200b2bd"

[archgrandma@archlinux /]$ blkid | grep nvme0n1p1
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="A87F-A67D" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="0ad33f1c-a1d6-4106-9dd2-d02a54624af6"

[archgrandma@archlinux /]$ sudo cat /boot/limine.conf 
timeout: 10
remember_last_entry: yes

/Arch Linux
    protocol: linux
    path: boot():/vmlinuz-linux
    cmdline: root=UUID=7616d40-60d5-411f-b56a-de7f9200b2bd rw
    module_path: boot():/initramfs-linux.img

/Windows
    protocol: efi
    path: uuid(0ad33f1c-a1d6-4106-9dd2-d02a54624af6):/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi

Sorry if this is in the wrong section but I am a newbie and would love some assistance.
Thank you.

ps. I tried ReFind instead and it works straightaway and found all my OS. Would still love to get Limine working as it has some more features.

archgrandma

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Registered: 2026-02-06

Posts: 4

Re: Limine help for multi boot setup

Does anyone else use Limine and have it up and running, if you can share the configuration file and file permissions please.