Coming from Manjaro, I had Manjaro in dual boot with Windows for a few years now. I have now also installed Arch Linux. During the Arch installation, I skipped the part with the boot partition and the bootloader. I have been using the bootloader/grub from Manjaro. That works quite well.

But now I want to switch to a bootloader from Arch. With the Arch bootloader I would like to continue to have the choice between Arch, Manjaro and Windows.

I assume that I have to install a corresponding bootloader for Arch in the EFI parallel to the others. But how should I proceed in detail? I have not yet been able to find any corresponding howtos. Which bootloader would you recommend?

  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 days ago

    Yup, simple answer but an answer. I followed that too.

    And don’t be scared of the long page. Most things there are fairly specific to certain specific scenarios only. It’s like “open here” on a can, except it also has instructions on what to do if the tab breaks off, you cut your finger, drop it on your toes and break them, start eating and hear a tornado warning, etc…

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      3 days ago

      Many thx. Worked fine.

      If I install a new kernel, I have to recreate the entries with grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. But do I have to do that also for kernel updates?

      I don’t think so, because the filename should not change, if I’m right?

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        3 days ago

        Uuuuhh, I don’t know. I never did that manually, it seems to auto-update after upgrades.

        To be honest I haven’t thought of it. I only know it is recommended to re-install GRUB with GRUB updates. But simply pacman -Syu has so far always left me with a bootable system.

        Edit: Didn’t find anything in pacman hooks.

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      4 days ago

      Don’t forget:

      • Legacy consumption interface (for ancient mouths/hardware)
      • Password-protected can contents
      • Multiple cans connected in parallel
      • Multiple cans connected in series
      • Usage with backup cans
      • Safe can disposal following current best practices
      • Making the can look pretty