Dual-boot Win11 + EOS

Elnath · November 18, 2021, 3:35pm

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 3:36pm

I don’t see any issue with the disk layout.

Elnath · November 18, 2021, 3:37pm

I dont see option to do that. There is only right click > Manage Flags

manuel · November 18, 2021, 3:38pm

It is showing your all partitions from nvme0n1p3 to nvme0n1p7 are ntfs.
Linux partitions should not be ntfs, but e.g. ext4.

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 3:38pm

I have just done it before … and it has worked? Don’t ask me why it’s just one of those things.

pebcak · November 18, 2021, 3:38pm

Just a reflection

Does the following mean that EnOS’ Calamares requires the size of ESP to be 300 MB?


efiSystemPartition:     "/boot/efi"

# set to 512M for best compatinbility for buggy old EFI firmware
efiSystemPartitionSize:     300M

From: https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-calamares/blob/main/calamares/modules/partition.conf

Or is it only for when you do an automatic install?

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 3:40pm

So if what @manuel is saying and that could be true because i normally have the partitions created first and formatted. You could just open gparted and format them to ext4 first i would think. Then run the installer.

Edit: I would have thought that the installer would just format the ntfs partitions when it installs but maybe not.
Edit: I only know the layout is no problem.

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 3:41pm

Windows creates 100 mb always unless you create an efi larger first. So if you use the Windows efi that was created it’s going to be 100 mb.

pebcak · November 18, 2021, 3:44pm

I know that
But my question was if there is a minimum size required by EnOS’ Calamares.

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 3:44pm

No … i don’t believe so.

Elnath · November 18, 2021, 3:44pm

Still error.

pebcak · November 18, 2021, 3:45pm

Ok.
So then that piece of code ( efiSystemPartitionSize: 300M) is relevant when you let the installer to run the whole show on the whole disk?

Elnath · November 18, 2021, 3:46pm

Yes, but I’m formatting to ext4 in installer, and now even before launching installer formatted to ext4. Still erors out.

Elnath · November 18, 2021, 3:48pm

gparted_mstfdata
msftdata flag on ext4 partitions? should that flag be removed?

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 3:52pm

I think what i would do is use gparted and delete those three partitions and recreate them in gparted and format them ext4. Then close gparted and run the installer and go through the manual partitioning and mark and tag them again including efi,

So im just talking about deleting

/dev/nvme0n1p5
/dev/nvme0n1p6
/dev/nvme0n1p7

Then recreate them and format.

Elnath · November 18, 2021, 3:54pm

Alright give me a min.
Yeah that didnt work too. Not gonna lie getting a little frustrated.

pebcak · November 18, 2021, 4:14pm

Try making a new ESP for EnOS. Fat32, 512 MB, flag esp,boot. Mount it at /boot/efi instead of the one you already have.

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 4:17pm

@Elnath
Just a quick question. Did you make sure secure boot is disabled in the UEFI Bios before you started and installed Windows. I know this is a new computer so it may have slipped your mind. Secure boot has to be off. (disabled)

Edit: This is the only thing i can think of right now.

Edit2: If you did then i would try what @pebcak suggests.

Elnath · November 18, 2021, 4:34pm

I had Other OS when I installed Windows and Linux.

ricklinux · November 18, 2021, 4:36pm

Turn off secure boot and you could set it to Windows UEFI mode.

Edit: Then reboot and see if it boots into Windows okay.