Installing Manjaro Unencrypted boot and encrypted root

[mishmosh]

@fhins I’m learning too, more reading material:

Boot process, how the pieces fit together

[HowTo] UEFI boot -> GPT, FAT32, GRUB to manjaro

Welcome, if this info appears in a box please follow the link above the box. The information here is intended to help you understand and analyze the boot process during an UEFI native boot. You may be able to use the information here to find out why your manjaro isn’t booting. Only when you know the problem you can fix it with certainty. At the end of the post there are links to fix the problem. Klick on the black to expand a section (updated last 20240204) How the native boot …

The systemd-boot tutorial mentioned by @Schorsch

[How To] Convert to systemd-boot

Convert GRUB to systemd-boot This tutorial has originally been written by @dalto and published at EndeavourOS forum (see link at the bottom). As the general principle applies to Manjaro as well, I have - with proper permission - reproduced the guide to fit into the Manjaro knowledge base. My rewrite is kept as close to the original as possible only replacing the original authors self reference with more generic phrases. Should you apply this to your system? That is a question I cannot answer…

similar issue with encrypted root, also bootsplash vs plymouth … this post and the following posts

[HowTo] Enable Bootsplash Provided by the kernel

I tried it in my VM as my testing. But that does not work with LUKS password prompt, but you must manually press any key to switch console for asking password. I tried to install mkinitcpio-encrypt-bootsplash from AUR but build failed. I’m sticking plymouth which supports displaying theme and prompting for password.