[SOLVED] I cant find dualbooted windows!

[pine wadi]

So i dual booted arch linux (TTY no graphicsl interface) with windows 7 but whenever i go to grub i can find windows 7 boot menu option and i even used os prober. Please help!

[spiral geyser]

do the partitions for windows still exist?

have you checked?

[pine wadi]

i believe so, let me check

it should be the 400gb one

[spiral geyser]

run
lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,TYPE,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL

[mellow temple]

ls -l /boot
lsblk -f

[spiral geyser]

yeah thats easier

[mellow temple]

are u using uefi?

u nuked ur windows ESP if u are using uefi

[pine wadi]

Im honestly kinda dumb idk what im doing tbh

It did not say it was

[mellow temple]

are u using uefi???

[pine wadi]

no it shows nothing on its mountpoint

[pine wadi]

how do i check

[mellow temple]

it is not mounted

[spiral geyser]

yeah yeah

[pine wadi]

how can i mount it

[mellow temple]

cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size

[mellow temple]

dont mount it for now

[mellow temple]

does this return 64?

[pine wadi]

what is fw_platform_size in this instance

[mellow temple]

firmware platform size lol

exec it

[spiral geyser]

doesnt windows always require a boot partition of its own?

[mellow temple]

thats exactly why im telling him he nuked his windows ESP

[mellow temple]

so u are using bios??

[pine wadi]

Ive seen people run the windows boot from grub

[pine wadi]

no this is just on tty

[spiral geyser]

im honestly not sure how it works

[pine wadi]

i only have arch on tty

[mellow temple]

obv

[pine wadi]

i tried the command it says the fw_platform_size is not a file

[mellow temple]

chainloading

[mellow temple]

so u didnt boot in UEFI mode or u dont have UEFI

[spiral geyser]

i mean seperate boot partition existing

[mellow temple]

is it an old pc?

[mellow temple]

it does not exist lol

[pine wadi]

yea its 32 bit only

[mellow temple]

if he is using uefi it does not exist

[pine wadi]

from 2012 i believe

[spiral geyser]

yeah it doesnt but i meant does it need to exist

[mellow temple]

so u are using bios probably

[pine wadi]

I can change to windows on bios?

[mellow temple]

it would have to exist if he was in uefi

[spiral geyser]

do you have efibootmgr?

[mellow temple]

he is in bios

[pine wadi]

no

[spiral geyser]

yeah

[mellow temple]

ye

do u want to add it to grub?

[pine wadi]

yea

how can i boot from a certain partition

[mellow temple]

u cannot, in BIOS u boot from the MBR

which is located at the start of the partition table

first 446 bytes if im not wrong

[pine wadi]

oh, so how can i boot into windows

[mellow temple]

did u just install linux?

[pine wadi]

im sorry if i sound really stupid i am

[pine wadi]

no i installed arch a while back

i kept trying to find ways of adding windows to grub but couldnt so i gave up and asked here

[mellow temple]

dont worry, everyone has learned sometime

u must edit ur grub config

[pine wadi]

k

/etc/default/grub right

[mellow temple]

when u power on ur pc does it boot automatically into grub? without u pressing no key

[mellow temple]

no thats the template

[pine wadi]

yea

[mellow temple]

we are about to modify the core

what editor do u use

[pine wadi]

nano

[mellow temple]

then why did windows disappear?

[pine wadi]

It never showed up in grub

[mellow temple]

so how did u boot all this time

[pine wadi]

I boot into arch fine just cant find windows

i cant boot into windows

[mellow temple]

so u didnt boot into windows ever?

ok alright

i thought it disappeared

[pine wadi]

i have been able to boot into windows 7 before i installed arch linux, after i indtalled arch linuz windows never showed up in grub

[mellow temple]

alright, thats because when installing grub in ur linux u overwrote the bootcode of windows

to do a BIOS dual boot since windows does not allow it with its bootloader u must boot into grub, then select ur desired OS

[pine wadi]

I installed linux into another partition tho

[mellow temple]

ik thats good

[pine wadi]

oh

im in arch linux rn on the computer

[mellow temple]

alright dont worry

first i need to know how does ur grub call ur disk

reboot to grub but do not boot into any entry

[pine wadi]

ok

im in grub now

[mellow temple]

enter the grub command line

[pine wadi]

how

[mellow temple]

c

[pine wadi]

im in

[mellow temple]

ls

[mellow temple]

ls (hd0,msdos1)

[pine wadi]

i think thats the one

[mellow temple]

yes

append a / at the end

ls (hd0,msdos1)/

[mellow temple]

ok there it is

do u see bootmgr?

[pine wadi]

i see $boot

Oh wait yes i see it

[mellow temple]

sothats ur bootloader

now boot into arch

and do

[pine wadi]

k

[mellow temple]

sudo nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[pine wadi]

k

im in

[mellow temple]

ok so do u want to have ur windows entry below arch one?

[pine wadi]

yes

[mellow temple]

so search for ur archlinux menuentry

[pine wadi]

what will it look like in the file to search it

[mellow temple]

it should be something like: menuentry "Arch Linux" {...}

[pine wadi]

this?

[mellow temple]

thats the advanced options entry

go a bit up

the above one is i think

[pine wadi]

this?

[mellow temple]

exactly

[pine wadi]

what do?

[mellow temple]

find the closing bracket

[pine wadi]

found it

[mellow temple]

when found u must append the following in the next line after that entry

[pine wadi]

do i encase it in a bracket?

[mellow temple]

what windows do u have?

[mellow temple]

no

wait

[pine wadi]

Windows 7 pro i beliebe

[mellow temple]

just press enter after that bracket to create a newline

[pine wadi]

k

[pine wadi]

So what do i do next?

[mellow temple]

im writing it wait lol

[pine wadi]

oh

I cant copy and paste on my pc lol

[mellow temple]

so u will have to write it by hand lol

[pine wadi]

k

[mellow temple]

send please sudo blkid

i need it

[mellow temple]

can u write here the UUID of sda1

cant see it well

[pine wadi]

B284D39A84D36001

[mellow temple]

        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ntfs
        insmod ntldr
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 B284D39A84D36001
        ntldr /bootmgr
}```

there u are

[pine wadi]

Ill tell you if it works

[mellow temple]

append that after the closing bracket in a newline

then save the file

and reboot

NO grub-update and nothing like that

[pine wadi]

Is this good? i need to make sure you see its perfect to what you gave

[mellow temple]

yeah good

nonono wait

u need to tab it

intructions between { } must be tabbed

[pine wadi]

Damn

[mellow temple]

just like the other entries

[pine wadi]

i just rebootwdp

[mellow temple]

tab it first

idk if it works without tabbing but its better to tab it

[pine wadi]

ok i tabbed it

[mellow temple]

great

now save and reboot

[mellow temple]

.

[pine wadi]

It says starting windows, il ltell you if it works

It rebooted as soon as it started windows

i dont think it worked

im tryna use startup utility

[mellow temple]

he is in bios

[pine wadi]

nvm ima try again in windows

[mellow temple]

in bios u cannot have to MBRs as far as i know

[pine wadi]

it just restarts, it did not work DX

[mellow temple]

the dual boot its in the same disk, bios does not show two disks

[pine wadi]

it shows the boot up thing for half a second than reboot

[mellow temple]

see the pic he sent above

there is only one disk available at bios

[mellow temple]

.

[pine wadi]

it seems something is broken

[fathom lodge]

did you uncomment the line regarding os-prober in /etc/default/grub?

[pine wadi]

i guess ima just try to install widnows xp

i got arch on other machines anyways

[fathom lodge]

hahaha

[pine wadi]

thanks for the help frens

i need a good retro pc anyways

[mellow temple]

did u see the pic?

[mellow temple]

well whatever u want

[pine wadi]

this ones not the best

[mellow temple]

so my solution was ok lmao, whatever happens after booting windows is windows fault

[pine wadi]

yea

[mellow temple]

i highly recommend u not to install such a obsolete OS, its also insecure since its not receiving security uodates

lmao he at least tried to help, u came here hinting my solution was wrong and it was ok

[spiral geyser]

"i suggest giving up on windows as a operating system" as a response to helping fix a dual boot.

[mellow temple]

exactly, u @final elm did not help at anything

i guess im going to report u lol

this topic isnt about if windows suck or not

[spiral geyser]

i mean neither did i.
i really dont know much about boot systems and especially not Windows ones...

[mellow temple]

its about helping a guy requesting for help

[mellow temple]

yes but u didnt do what this guy did

[mellow temple]

u tried to help, all of us appreciate that

i didnt lmao

so? i appreciate it and probably the OP also does

and? u do not need to talk like that lol

ok bro whatever u want

[spiral geyser]

though its probably a fair point. going beyond this isn't something we can really manage.

trying to fix a broken windows

[pine wadi]

well im getting xp

[mellow temple]

.

.

no need to talk like this

[pine wadi]

but thanks friends

[mellow temple]

your welcome

[pine wadi]

im new to arch im used to stuff like fedora n crap lol XD

i literally only use windows for old pcs for nostalgia

[mellow temple]

no problem, since ur dualboot is fixed and the rest is windows fault, please mark this as solved

... solved

[spare owl]

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[mellow temple]

stop doing it, windows no more supports BIOS, linux does

u dont have to remind me anything, mind ur own business

have a good day

i honestly dont understand why u talking like this, telling me to report u, that i have no balls etc

[pine wadi]

what the fuck

[mellow temple]

he is just trolling

dont give more attention to this guy lmao

[pine wadi]

what kind of happy tree friends horseshit did i get myself into

[spiral geyser]

Welcome to Arch Linux : )

[pine wadi]

im a minor...

[spiral geyser]

do you think he is an adult? does it seem like that?

[mellow temple]

no

just dont give him more attention

please @pine wadi mark this thread as solved

[pine wadi]

i got catcalled same way as this guy by soemone who was 19 bro

[pine wadi]

how do i do that

[mellow temple]

... solved

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[mellow temple]

adding [SOLVED] to the title

[pine wadi]

...solved

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[pine wadi]

I cant find dualbooted windows! [solved]

I cant find dualbooted windows! [SOLVED]

[SOLVED] I cant find dualbooted windows!

Da fuck?

[mellow temple]

@final elm already reported u btw

😉

[fathom crane]

!mute 834136876604457032 100d weird spam in support thread

[fluid tiger]

Silence!! ò_ó
...
I keel u, @final elm!! Ò_Ó

[mellow temple]

Thank u

[pine wadi]

did it

[mellow temple]

at the end u installed windows xp uh?

[pine wadi]

yup

[mellow temple]

Dont even connect to the internet

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