Frost [moved]

We are doing More Boot Fuckery™! :3

Want to boot the Windows installer so we can fix our Windows bootloader.

But we don't want to totally erase our flash drive...

so I'm trying to set up a GRUB to chainload the Windows installer's bootloader. :3

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@IceWolf You could always back up the flash drive somewhere and then wipe it, then restore it once you're done.
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Frost [moved]

@Felthry *nodnods* I definitely could!

Might do that if I get tired of trying to do this.

It's a fun challenge! but not working so far.

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@IceWolf does grub even support anything windowsy? I thought it only worked for linux
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alarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓

@Felthry @IceWolf i've definitely used grub for windows

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alarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓

@Felthry @IceWolf the common advice has always been ime "if you're going to dual boot windows and linux, install windows first. if you install linux first, the windows bootloader clobbers grub. if you install windows first, grub gets installed over the windows bootloader, but it can boot either so you don't lose anything"

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Frost [moved]

@monorail @Felthry Hah. We had Windows and installed Linux and installing Linux broke Windows.

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Frost [moved]

@monorail @Felthry ... This MAY be due to the fact that when we used the Mac's "Boot Camp" thing to install Windows, it did some really wonky hybrid-MBR install-Windows-in-BIOS-mode thing.

Why, I don't know. But it's annoying!

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:
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@IceWolf @monorail oh you're just chaining bootloader after bootloader there
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Frost [moved]

@Felthry @monorail Huh?

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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:

@IceWolf @monorail i think the mac thing uses its own bootloader that would then chain to the windows bootloader and then *that* would chain to grub presumably -F

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Frost [moved]

@Felthry @monorail Ohh!

Nah, when we installed grub it did a normal EFI installation.

... it actually doesn't show up in the firmware's boot list at all so it only works when it's set to boot by default.

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Frost [moved]

@Felthry @monorail [/That/ is a thing with the firmware, I don't think it has anything to do with how grub is installed.]

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