[arch-general] Dual boot Arch with Windows 10

[Ram Kumar]

I will go through the links guys, thanks a lot..

And Yi Zheng, me neither like UEFI, but what to do, nowadays all laptops
comes as UEFI.. and to change it to MBR i have to wipe the entire drive :(


On Mon, 27 May 2019, 12:31 pm Yi Zheng via arch-general, <
arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:

> I hate UEFI...................
>
> Ali Emre Gülcü via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> 于2019年5月27日周一
> 下午2:41写道：
>
> > >
> > > create a USB-Key, install extlinux onto it.  In extlinux.conf, you can
> > > provide kernel cmdline, with root=UUID=xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx
> > > In that way, you can boot your archlinux(and any other linux) from USB,
> > and
> > > using your main HDD(partition) as the rootfs.
> > >
> > > Note, every time you update the kernel, you must copy the updated
> vmliuz
> > +
> > > initramfs.img into you USB disk.
> > >
> > > That is not a LIVE USB-Key, it just an bootable kernel + initramfs.
> Not a
> > > completed OS.
> > >
> >
> > You can do that just in case but I don't think it will be necessary. I am
> > using Arch for years now in 3 different UEFI computers with Windows 10.
> > Just follow the installation guide and boot loader wiki page. Just like
> > Jason and Artur linked, wiki warns you for possible problems before you
> > face them and suggests fixes.
> > In case you wonder, I am using systemd-boot with (almost) default
> configs.
> > Never used GRUB with Arch but it doesn't cause any problems on other
> Linux
> > distros (at least for me) with Windows 10 dual boot so it is a safe bet
> > too.
> >
> > >
> >
>