Manjaro installation: Cannot establish Dual boot system - continued

Summary of this discussion as of 2024-12-21

see also my predecessor post

  1. I learned that I need to configure the PC Startup ( I call it BIOS) to allow insecure UEFI boot.

  2. With that configuration I repeated the Manjaro installation from bootable stick hoping that the (Calamaris) installer would establish a system, where after power-on the GRUB boot manager shows the choice between Manjaro and Windows.

  3. Our further discussion circles around the question why the GRUB menu does not appear after power-on.

3.a There are indicators that support the assumption that most likely Manjaro has been installed in UEFI boot mode:

  • see the photos of the Startup screen

  • see the output of the command: dmesg | grep -i "EFI v"

  • the fact that it is impossible boot the PC in legacy mode; I can only
    boot in UEFI mode, but then Windows starts

  • the fact that Manjaro can be started at all – even if only via Windows Recovery.

3.b There are indicators that support the assumption that most likely Manjaro has been installed in legacy boot mode.

  • the observation that the GRUB menu does not appear when I boot the PC in UEFI mode.

3c. I do not understand what the results of the inxi command indicate.

I would not dare to repeat the Windows installation. The PC was bought with Windows 10 pre-installed; I have no expertise with Windows installation.

I would have repeated the Manjaro installation process from the beginning rather than conduct this discussion, but that would have yielded the same result, wouldn’t it? Therefore I believe it is necessary to find the cause of my problem.

Thanx for your continuous help!