I have been using Windows 10 so far and wanted to install Manjaro as well.
When restarting, however, I had no choice between the operating systems, although Manjaro could clearly be installed on the partition. Windows started directly.
I have set the following actions in the installation menu:
/ boot / efi specified as the mount point on the UEFI partition.
For the 80GB partition I set the EXT4 file system, ticked “root” and specified “/” as the mount point.
Why doesn’t it work?
Hope you can help me
Hello @beginnerLLJ and welcome
beginnerLLJ:
Why doesn’t it work?
Please check the boot order at your UEFI Settings and set the Manjaro entry on first place.
Thank you
I checked the boot priority, but it didn’t show a Manjaro or WIndows entry.
There were these entries (in order):
There is also a boot order of the EFI partition and this one must be changed.
Looks like it is a pure BIOS and not an UEFI.
Can you boot the Manjaro ISO and post the outputs of these commands?
Open a terminal and copy&paste each command there plus press enter.
inxi --full --admin --filter --width 80
sudo parted -l
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
efibootmgr -v
Thanks
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ inxi --full --admin --filter --width 80
System:
Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2116 quiet systemd.show_status=1
apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Sony product: SVS1512S1ES v: C60BDXK9 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: R0081C8
date: 09/18/2012
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M185
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3210M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21
cache: L2: 3 MiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 19961
Speed: 1198 MHz min/max: 1200/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1198 2: 2329
3: 2894 4: 1982
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 640M LE] vendor: Sony driver: nouveau
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0fd3 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Foxconn / Hon Hai USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.3:5 chip-ID: 0489:d601 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 141 size: 345x194mm (13.6x7.6")
diag: 396mm (15.6")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.3 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Sony
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Sony driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.2:4 chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 262.18 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 Series
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 6B0Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SMI (STMicroelectronics)
model: USB size: 29.3 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 41.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 221 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 22 Memory: 7.65 GiB
used: 2.07 GiB (27.1%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1234 lib: 333 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.07
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Samsung SSD 840 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2092MB 2226MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
2 2226MB 2350MB 124MB fat32
3 2350MB 3083MB 733MB ntfs diag
4 3083MB 3355MB 273MB fat32 boot, esp
5 30.2GB 127GB 96.6GB ntfs msftdata
8 127GB 216GB 89.5GB ext4
6 216GB 217GB 929MB ntfs hidden, diag
7 217GB 250GB 32.7GB ntfs diag
Model: SMI USB DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 31.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 3475MB 3479MB 4194kB primary esp
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
efi
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001
Boot0000* EFI USB Device (SMI USB DISK) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(0,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x0,0x678fb0,0x2000)RC
Boot0002* EFI DVD/CDROM (MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ8A7AS) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(4,0,0)/CDROM(1,0x95b,0x1ef7f4)RC
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$
First I would check for an UEFI Update:
Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: R0081C8
date: 09/18/2012
The latest version seems to be from 2013: BIOS C8 (Windows 8 64bit) | Sony UK
It looks really strange that only the USB and DVD Device is available:
beginnerLLJ:
Boot0000* EFI USB Device (SMI USB DISK) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(0,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x0,0x678fb0,0x2000)RC
Boot0002* EFI DVD/CDROM (MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ8A7AS) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(4,0,0)/CDROM(1,0x95b,0x1ef7f4)RC
How does Windows boot? Could it be possible, that CSM (Compatibility Support Module), also called BIOS mode, is enabled and Windows boots that way?
If Windows boots not in EFI mode then Manjaro will also not find Windows and add it to the grub boot menu. Both OS must be installed in the same mode, BIOS or UEFI.
So first you need to check Windows and install its bootloader in UEFI mode. Then disable CSM. After that you can reinstall Manjaro or just reinstall the bootloader: GRUB/Restore the GRUB Bootloader - Manjaro
Otherwise boot Manjaro in BIOS mode (CSM or legacy mode) and install it, but on a GPT Partition Table you need a extra 8MB non-formated bios_grub partition for the MBR.
