I attempted a dual boot of the i3 variant on my thinkpad but it wouldn’t load grub and directly boots to windows. If I boot into my liveUSB and select the manjaro efi file it throws an error saying “not a valid root file”. These are the available efi files:
(hd0,gpt5)/efi/Manjaro/grubx64.efi
(hd0,gpt5)/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
(hd0,gpt1)/efi/Boot/bootx64.efi
(hd0,gpt1)/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi
(hd0,gpt1)/efi/Microsoft/Boot/memtest.efi
(hd0,gpt1)/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
The corresponding root and chain loader for the manjaro efi is (hd0,gpt5). However, if I change the root to (hd0,gpt5) to anything other than that (i.e, (hd0,gpt3), (hd0,gpt4), (hd0,gpt1) etc) the manjaro efi takes me to manjaro login and the boot/bootx64.efi to grub from where I can access the manjaro login as well.
I have disabled secure boot. I have also changed the boot order to have grub on top (confirmed from boot setup as well).
Partitions:
Model: SanDisk Cruzer Blade (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 15.6GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 2464MB 2469MB 4194kB primary esp
Model: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000L7 (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 512GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 274MB 273MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, hidden, esp
2 274MB 290MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
3 290MB 165GB 165GB Basic data partition msftdata
5 165GB 166GB 537MB fat32 boot, esp
6 166GB 182GB 16.8GB linux-swap(v1) swap
7 182GB 511GB 329GB ext4
4 511GB 512GB 1049MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
System info:
System:
Kernel: 5.9.11-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9-x86_64
root=UUID=fe6de777-d017-44ae-aad0-7a9ee22bd1b2 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: i3 4.19 info: i3bar dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20NXS2U500 v: ThinkPad T490s
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20NXS2U500 v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <filter>
UEFI: LENOVO v: N2JET91W (1.69 ) date: 07/07/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 54.9 Wh condition: 57.1/57.0 Wh (100%) volts: 13.2/11.5
model: SMP 02DL014 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Charging cycles: 2
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8665U socket: BGA1528 (U3E1)
note: check bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake family: 6
model-id: 8E (142) stepping: C (12) microcode: DE L1 cache: 256 KiB
L2 cache: 8192 KiB L3 cache: 8000 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 33615
Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/4800 MHz base/boost: 1900/2100 volts: 0.8 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700 4: 700 5: 700
6: 700 7: 700 8: 700
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3ea0
Device-2: Lite-On Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-8:4
chip ID: 04ca:7070
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: picom v: git-dac85 driver: intel
unloaded: 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: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 157 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7")
diag: 354mm (13.9")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci
bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9dc8
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.11-3-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
port: 3000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:9df0
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15bd
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 491.50 GiB used: 5.85 GiB (1.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB512HBJQ-000L7
size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 4M2QEXF7 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Blade size: 14.56 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1.27
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 306.14 GiB size: 300.33 GiB (98.10%) used: 5.85 GiB (1.9%)
fs: ext4 block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
Swap:
Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 203 Uptime: 30m Memory: 15.30 GiB used: 781.6 MiB (5.0%)
Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1038 lib: 282
Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.0.18 running in: urxvtd inxi: 3.1.08
Can someone please help me out. Greatly appreciate the help!