Re: [arch-general] Fwd: Installing Archlinux alongside Ubuntu on a Windows 8 UEFI laptop

On 01/05/14 06:40 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote:

Hello:

The BIOS_GRUB partition was installed by Ubuntu, I think, without any help from me.

I am trying to understand the next step.

I have to reboot into that Arch install, and walk back through it. When I get to the point of needing a boot manager, I will install gummiboot. Give it a try. Thank you.

Alan

All you need is to mount the ESP as /boot (and make sure it continues to be mounted that way via fstab) and pacman -S gummiboot && gummiboot install. You don't need to worry about mounting anything else or deal with EFI entries. Installing gummiboot will take care of setting it up as the fallback loader along with making an entry if it can (but it's not required).