Installing windows while having arch linux on the same drives | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 5:35 PM

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Hi, is there anyway to install windows on the same drives as of linux? (same drives but split into 2 partitions)

Currently having arch linux but when i install windows on the unallocated drives, it just shows no drives, i checked everything but dont know what to do

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shut plaza May 6, 2025, 5:39 PM

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fringe wind Hi, is there anyway to install windows on the same drives as of linux? (same dri...

So "where do you want to install windows" has no drives?

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 5:40 PM

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fringe wind

Remove the esp flag from p1, then windows and Linux will be separated better

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 5:40 PM

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yes, it shows nothing

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 5:40 PM

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shut plaza Remove the esp flag from p1, then windows and Linux will be separated better

how so?

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oh got it

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but it also disable boot flag

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 5:52 PM

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shut plaza Remove the esp flag from p1, then windows and Linux will be separated better

is there any way to uncheck eps without it automatically unchecking boot?

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 5:55 PM

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fringe wind

The boot flag isn't used on UEFI so it does nothing

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 5:56 PM

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Oh, ok i'll try installing again now without those flag

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 5:56 PM

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This shouldn't affect windows finding the drive

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 5:58 PM

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fringe wind

If a partition was mounted at /boot and you used systemd-boot with a separate ESP then the bls_boot (XBOOTLDR) flag would be right

Note that systemd-boot can only start EFI executables (e.g., the Linux kernel EFI boot stub, UEFI shell, GRUB, or the Windows Boot Manager) from the EFI system partition it is installed to or from an Extended Boot Loader Partition (XBOOTLDR partition) on the same disk.

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 5:59 PM

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fringe wind Hi, is there anyway to install windows on the same drives as of linux? (same dri...

How did you make the windows installer?

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Because IIRC this can happen when the installer was created wrongly

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:00 PM

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I downloaded iso from microsoft website, then using ventoy, a unattended.xml

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It's still showing hmm...

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Let me try using rufus

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 6:02 PM

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ventoy with the windows iso has worked for me

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:03 PM

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rufus not avalable on linux, gonna try balena then

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:03 PM

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shut plaza ventoy with the windows iso has worked for me

i think im in that 1%

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i really have trouble using ventoy before

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oh btw using normal mode on ventoy gave me this error

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oh i was using ventoy-bin

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yea im installing

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oh wow ventoy ate my .iso

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now i have to redownload it

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 6:27 PM

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Lol of course if you move your iso to the ventoy partition and remove the partition

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:28 PM

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my bad sorry xd

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uhhhh

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@opal coral how do i...

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it is my flash drive

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i dont really know how to run it with sudo anymore xd

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gonna read the wiki then

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can you help with this?

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maybe sth wrong with the display or sth

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shut plaza May 6, 2025, 6:53 PM

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fringe wind

Did you update the kernel and din't reboot

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:53 PM

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i rebooted

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still havent update kernel

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since yesterday

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 6:54 PM

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sudo modprobe udf

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test if that works

winter plover May 6, 2025, 6:54 PM

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fringe wind

this is not about drives, this is about drivers
ventoy doesn't work well with latest win isos, the installer will compalin it needs some drivers

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oh you're moving to woeusb, seems about the right direction to go

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:57 PM

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shut plaza test if that works

winter plover May 6, 2025, 6:58 PM

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did you upgrade withotu rebooting recently?

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 6:58 PM

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fringe wind

what dirs do you have in /lib/modules

winter plover May 6, 2025, 6:58 PM

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winter plover did you upgrade withotu rebooting recently?

if so that would cause missing loadable modules, which is what we see

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:59 PM

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shut plaza what dirs do you have in /lib/modules

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 6:59 PM

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winter plover did you upgrade withotu rebooting recently?

no

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but ill try to update and reboot now

winter plover May 6, 2025, 6:59 PM

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fringe wind

now run uname -r

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if it doesn't match with what's in the folder, that means you upgraded

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 7:00 PM

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fringe wind

The running kernel is newer than the one in lib/modules

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So for some reason /lib/modules is out of date

winter plover May 6, 2025, 7:00 PM

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shut plaza The running kernel is newer than the one in lib/modules

the opposite actually

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 7:00 PM

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nvm yeah

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I read wrong

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:00 PM

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huh, that's weird? I rebooted so many time already

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let me try updating again then reboot

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ngl but idk what to do now

winter plover May 6, 2025, 7:11 PM

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well check if your running kernel matches now

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and then just run woeusb again

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:13 PM

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still

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winter plover May 6, 2025, 7:14 PM

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is your running kernel the right version now?

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uname -r

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 7:14 PM

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Update again

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:16 PM

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idk if this was the proper way to update the kernel

winter plover May 6, 2025, 7:16 PM

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have you rebooted tho?

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:16 PM

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Yes

winter plover May 6, 2025, 7:17 PM

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and what's uname -r showing now

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:17 PM

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winter plover May 6, 2025, 7:18 PM

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okay we're runnign the rigth kver

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 7:18 PM

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pacman -Qs linux

winter plover May 6, 2025, 7:18 PM

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might wanna use woeusb-ng instead tbh

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it has a gui

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:18 PM

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so...

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:18 PM

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winter plover it has a gui

cannot run with sudo

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it's working let's gooooo

fringe wind May 6, 2025, 7:47 PM

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Uhhh... What??

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Is this normal?

shut plaza May 6, 2025, 7:50 PM

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Maybe the windows iso is bootstrapped from grub

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 3:28 AM

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shut plaza Maybe the windows iso is bootstrapped from grub

idk, i skipped both

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Got it

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 4:07 AM

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Uhhh...

winter plover May 7, 2025, 4:29 AM

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rip

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 4:32 AM

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Well, got it working somehow, using set root

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But everytime i reboot, it's still there

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How to reinstall grub without live boot?

winter plover May 7, 2025, 4:38 AM

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Grub-install

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And then grub-mkconfig

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 4:43 AM

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winter plover And then grub-mkconfig

done, now this

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why

winter plover May 7, 2025, 4:50 AM

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see sudo dmesg | grep ntfs3

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@fringe wind

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 4:56 AM

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winter plover <@405740767202508810>

Hang on gtg for a bit

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 5:53 AM

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winter plover see `sudo dmesg | grep ntfs3`

winter plover May 7, 2025, 5:58 AM

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Okay, install ntfs-3g, then run ```
sudo ntfsfix -d /dev/sdX

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Then try again

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 6:00 AM

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fringe wind May 7, 2025, 6:01 AM

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winter plover Okay, install ntfs-3g, then run ``` sudo ntfsfix -d /dev/sdX ```

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winter plover May 7, 2025, 6:02 AM

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Ah hibernated Windows lol

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 6:02 AM

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lol

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how

winter plover May 7, 2025, 6:02 AM

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Wait q bit

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Boot to windows

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And press shutdown while holding shift in windows

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This makes Windows truly shutdown instead of entering semi-hibernation state

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 6:04 AM

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alright thank brb

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Alright im in!!

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Thank you everyone so much! 😭 🙏

winter plover May 7, 2025, 6:09 AM

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very nice

shut plaza May 7, 2025, 10:16 AM

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fringe wind done, now this

Disable fast startup in windows

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 10:17 AM

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shut plaza Disable fast startup in windows

both disabled
let me check if it turned on when installing

shut plaza May 7, 2025, 10:18 AM

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Of course it's enabled on a fresh install

fringe wind May 7, 2025, 10:44 AM

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ohhhhh

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Got it, thank you

#Installing windows while having arch linux on the same drives