On 1/15/2022 8:33 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2022-01-15 at 07:52 -0500, Jonathan Billings wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2022, at 07:25, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a laptop as a secondary machine, using F35. I've
>> reluctantly had
>> to install Windows 10 on another partition, and of course Windows
>> has
>> stamped all over the boot block in its usual arrogant way so I can
>> no
>> longer access my Fedora installation (though it's still there).
>>
>> What's the quickest way to get Grub back, with the Windows boot as
>> an
>> option? Can this be done from within Windows or do I need to boot a
>> rescue drive? Both systems use UEFI.
> The great thing about UEFI is that it doesn’t involve boot sectors
> anymore, it’s just files in the EFI volume and entries in the boot
> firmware.
>
> You should be able to go into your BIOS boot menu and choose the
> Fedora boot entry and it should boot just fine, unless the windows
> install formatted the EFI volume, but it shouldn’t by default. You
> can also boot off a live USB and use ‘efibootmgr’ to change the boot
> order.
>
> Be sure to turn off Fast Reboot in the Windows settings. That
> setting bypasses the normal firmware boot and you won’t see the
> Fedora bootloader.
Thanks. I did manage to boot Fedora by pressing the hotkey on restart.
I really just want to add Windows as an option in the Grub menu so I
don't have to do this. I'll look at efibootmgr.
--
If you can get into Fedora, grub2-mkconfig will rebuild your boot menu
adding Windows.
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Lester Petrie