I am sorry for the long post. This is my first post on the forum as well. Yesterday I installed Manjaro KDE version on my home desktop (Lenovo AIO C3020). This desktop came preinstalled with Windows 10 64 bits home edition. I have created a separate partition of 60 GB for Manjaro installation and SWAP file was used. My desktop has i3 processor and 4 GB DDR3 RAMand integrated Intel graphics card. Only opensource linux drivers are used. This is a UEFI type installation with GPT parttitions.
Installation went well without any issues. But when i boot up, GRUB menu does not appear. Instead Windows 10 loads by default. However I figured out during boot by hitting F12 key I can choose Manjaro partition to boot, If chosen this way, Manjaro works fabulous. I noticed attention is paid to every small details such as application defaults, default layout of applications and more. Pleasantly surprised with the quality and want to stick to this distro for long. I sincerely thank the developers and all other contributing members for such a wonderful deliverable…
I started using Linux for past 1 month, and slowly trying to learn it. I tried reading through this forum and in google my level best and tried all possible ways, but no success yet. Would appreciate if I can get help from you to fix this issue for once.Thanks a ton in advance.
Here are some of the screenshots and details giving details of my system,.
My EFI partition is /dev/sda2 . Windows partition is /dev/sda5 . Manjaro partition is /dev/sda8
BIOS menu displayed on F12 key press shows various old installations such as Fedora and Neon which i tried sometime last week. And also shows Windows 10 and Manjaro. Need advise on how to get rid of the older invalid entries.
All other details copied and pasted from command line. If any further inputs are needed, kindly let me know.
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$ lsblk -o PATH,PTTYPE,PARTTYPE,FSTYPE,PARTTYPENAME
PATH PTTYPE PARTTYPE FSTYPE PARTTYPENAME
/dev/sda gpt
/dev/sda1 gpt de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac ntfs Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda2 gpt c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b vfat EFI System
/dev/sda3 gpt bfbfafe7-a34f-448a-9a5b-6213eb736c22 vfat Lenovo boot partition
/dev/sda4 gpt e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda5 gpt ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7 ntfs Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda6 gpt ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7 ntfs Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda7 gpt de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac ntfs Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda8 gpt 0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4 ext4 Linux filesystem
/dev/sr0
Thank you so much for your instant response megavolt. I tried both the options given by you. First I set the options in BIOS menu and then tried the 2nd option of efibootmgr. But after this when I restarted the desktop computer, GRUB menu did not appear. Instead windows 10 is loading. However if I prsss F12 key wherein I can go to start up device menu and choose Manjaro thenstandard Manjaro GRUB menu appears. Is there any way I can correct it?
I am pasting the output of efibootmgr herewith, before and after changes -
thanks again megavolt for your prompt response. Now I could delete two invalid entries. Then I tried option # 2 given by you first and marked Manjaro to boot next. This worked. As soon as I restarted the desktop I saw GRUB menu with both linux and windows option.
However I tried rebooting the machine again. GRUB menu did not appear then.
Then I tried 1st option given by you to mark the boot loader partition as inactive. I see that * mark against the entry disappeared. After reboot it did not show GRUB menu, instead it was loading Windows 10 by default. this is surprising for me.
I have enabled UEFI only mode in BIOS and tried. But no changes after that. All I know about Lenovo partition is it is a recovery partition. I tried booting through Manjaro livecd and tinkered with boot flags to see if anything changes. But nothing happened. I am confused a bit after this. Because the same computer worked fine with Fedora/Ubuntu/KDE Neon/Debian/centos in past few weeks with dual boot. So I suspect something might have gone wrong during the installation. So I shall try to reinstall the system today and see if it corrects the issue.
I sincerely thank you megavolt, for being patient and helping me sail through this. After re-installation I shall update the result.
I finally reinstalled Manjaro KDE on my home desktop PC. After the reboot, GRUB is missing again, Windows 10 is loading by default. I am taken by total surprise,to see this. So my assumption of something going wrong during installation was not right.
I am completely clueless now. As of now, I hit F12 to reachout to manjaro partition to load. Any pointers what might be the issue? If partition was the issue, then i assume other distros I had tried earlier should have also reported the same issue.
its under beta version and very unstable
which is your partiton skeheme
mbr/gpt
bios/uefi?
if uefi use bios it is more reilable and use mbr for some time until issue
if you dont have any inportant data in that pc you can install arch linux using archfi scrips present in your home folder
try not using swap file
first chroot into your system
and follow this guide
instead of arch linux iso use this iso
and ther is no grub partition
install gparted and create a grub partition with size 500mb
and gpt is not a bootlader its a partition skeheme
if grub dosent work try syslinux
even if syslinux dosent work try clover bootloader
you can try clover form here but its not recomended because its a long process https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Clover
I believe /dev/sda8 has my grub menu and linux system. Because when I choose that partition to load i get GRUB menu. I am sorry if this was not relevant or incorrect. Bear with me. I am learning Linux fundamentals. Thank you.
Sure there is none. But if windows boots, regardless of changing the UEFI bootorder, then one could think, that Windows boots in BIOS mode.
/dev/sda1 seems to be the boot partition for the BIOS mode like /boot for linux. Additionally There is also a EFI partition /dev/sda2, which boots in UEFI mode. I guess Windows is installed with both methods and it seems it checks first for a BIOS boot method and then for a UEFI method. That could be the cause of this behavior.
I tried the process given in the manual. That is I pressed F1 button and powered on the PC. Nothing happened. One reason could be, original keyboard came in the box was dead and replaced. Not sure it is the reason. One other reason could be that my Windows OS crashed one year ago and I had to reinstall it from scratch after which all Lenovo preinstalled programs disappeared.
I tried visiting each partition using diskpart utility in windows 10 to check contents. I see the lenovo boot has no files or hidden files.
I tried to check partition flags for /dev/sda2 which shows /boot and /esp. And for /dev/sda8 it shows /bios-grub.
Both reasons make no sense. The trigger of F1 at boot time is hardware and OS independent. Any keyboard can be used there. I would rather say, you must type faster… OR it is another key. The Initialization Screen of the BIOS/UEFI should show the correct key to enter (most on the bottom).
The flag “bios_grub” is totally wrong if it contains the installation. bios_grub flag is used for small 8MB Partition, which is used for the “Master Boot Record” in a BIOS Setup. GPT has not such a function like MS-DOS, so it is workaround for grub when having a BIOS (not a UEFI) and you use a GPT Partition Table.
Example BIOS setup with GPT:
size: 8MB
filesystem: not formatted
flag: bios_grub
(it have be at first place of the whole drive)
