OK I have a problem. I have both Windows and Linux installed on two SSDs with each Bootloader on the OS SSD. By default the Windows SSD boots. I boot into Linux using the Boot Menu by pressing an Fn.
Now for some unknown reason the GRUB Menu boots and select with SSD to boot from. I find this to be really annoying.
I want to this back the way I had it. The Drives Boot order set by the BIOS/UEFI. It goes SATA 0 and SATA 1. The first is my DVD Burner. The other is the Win10 SSD. That is what I want.
The best to have two OSes installed on each drive w/ bootloader on their Mass Storage Drive. Windows boot if tuned on. Linux again only if I press the Boot Menu Key.
I did try looking at the WIKI but I got was how to install GRUB and Configure it afterwards.
Where is the Config file located at so I can do it by hand?
Thank you.
less /boot/grub/grub.cfg
the file content starts with:
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
so, although
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
is the config file
this is not what is edited
to configure grub
So how do I edit GRUB then?
If understand you correct - you want to use the firmware boot override to select which disk to load the operating system from - correct ?
The reason your system boots to grub is because of an entry in the /boot/efi/EFI.
Grub is usually set as the default bootloader by overwriting the windows bootloader with the grub efistub.
If you are satisfied with the firmware boot override using a Fn then you can remove the boot entries - the safe way is to use efibootmgr
List your entries
$ efibootmgr
Then remove the manjaro entry by using the four hex digits representing the entry e.g. FFFF
$ sudo efibootmgr -bFFFF -B
Repeat if you have e.g. Linux Boot Manager
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No don’t have that loaded. I hold down a key on my keyboard to select which drive to boot from. I do the same with Flashkeys.
That is what I say - e.g. on my Lenovo system it is F12 to select bootoveride
it’s different with each system.
One Question: How did the way I had things set up where each OS Bootloader was only install on the Drive it’s OS is on, changed?
GRUB didn’t have an Entry for Windows 10 at all. When I rebooted or turn the System on, Windows 10 loads by default.
I found the actual problem. GRUB is also on same SSD Windows is on. I had GRUB only on Linux. By default Windows boots second. The DVD burner boots first. To the third SSD Linux is on I used the BIOS Boot Key to select which drive to boot.
I forgot to mention this:
I finally figure out that GRUB is on the Windows SSD. DUH!!!
Now I need to remember the Win10 password.
What kind of password are you talking about? BitLocker key?
No the Login password. For strange reasons I might have temporary forgotten it. But I will remember it sometime later…
Racing Thoughts can and will cause this. That’s something everyone gets, but some get it more often.
Yesterday I getting more Aggravated by nearly everything. I have no clue what start it to begin with.