I recently switched to EndeavourOS from Manjaro.
One thing I miss about Manjaro installations is the option to boot into Windows, other Manjaro de’s existing on the computer.
EndeavourOS may have that option also, but I have yet found out how I would make that happen. When I install EndeavourOS, I only have that system available to be when I start up (at the grub menu?).
Is there a way to preserve existing systems when installing EndeavourOS?
You need to enable os prober.
https://discovery.endeavouros.com/grub-and-refind/grub-dual-booting/2021/07/
Assuming you still have windows on another partition or disk and did install everything properly.
Else feel free to ask and post some system infos to get help.
At the end of that article it says:
Check if this is still needed, as we went change the installer to enable os-prober usage per default again.
Could it be something else?
Like UEFI-Legacy mixed systems?
From EnOS’
efibootmgr -v
sudo parted -l
currently os-prober is disabled again.
Following the instructions given, I can now boot into Windows if I so desire.
However, the grub menu does not allow me to boot into a second endeavourOS system that I have installed. I have KDE on sda2 and Gnome on sda4. I can only see Gnome, which was my most recent install.
Is there a way to see my KDE system at the boot menu?
You probably installed two different EFI partitions. Hence a bit more system infos would help.
seriley@endeavourOS ~]$ efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0006
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0006,0002,000D,000C,000A,0000,000B,0001,0009,0003,0004,0005
Boot0000* Manjaro HD(1,GPT,ce1167cd-b59b-db44-b001-91ad8c8ff135,0x1000,0x96000)/File(\EFI\Manjaro\grubx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 09 00 00 00 00 00 cd 67 11 ce 9b b5 44 db b0 01 91 ad 8c 8f f1 35 02 02 / 04 04 36 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 61 00 6e 00 6a 00 61 00 72 00 6f 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot0001* ubuntu HD(1,GPT,0b45cb91-9d5e-4347-a356-6fa12879828d,0x800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 0f 00 00 00 00 00 91 cb 45 0b 5e 9d 47 43 a3 56 6f a1 28 79 82 8d 02 02 / 04 04 34 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 75 00 62 00 75 00 6e 00 74 00 75 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot0002* Mabox HD(1,GPT,ecfde1bd-631a-cb44-b29e-35f3386336da,0x1000,0x96000)/File(\EFI\Mabox\grubx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 09 00 00 00 00 00 bd e1 fd ec 1a 63 44 cb b2 9e 35 f3 38 63 36 da 02 02 / 04 04 32 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 61 00 62 00 6f 00 78 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot0003* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,0b45cb91-9d5e-4347-a356-6fa12879828d,0x800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000065000100000010000000040000007fff0400
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 0f 00 00 00 00 00 91 cb 45 0b 5e 9d 47 43 a3 56 6f a1 28 79 82 8d 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 5c 00 42 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 5c 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 6d 00 67 00 66 00 77 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 57 49 4e 44 4f 57 53 00 01 00 00 00 88 00 00 00 78 00 00 00 42 00 43 00 44 00 4f 00 42 00 4a 00 45 00 43 00 54 00 3d 00 7b 00 39 00 64 00 65 00 61 00 38 00 36 00 32 00 63 00 2d 00 35 00 63 00 64 00 64 00 2d 00 34 00 65 00 37 00 30 00 2d 00 61 00 63 00 63 00 31 00 2d 00 66 00 33 00 32 00 62 00 33 00 34 00 34 00 64 00 34 00 37 00 39 00 35 00 7d 00 00 00 65 00 01 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 7f ff 04 00
Boot0004* EFI PXE 0 for IPv4 (8C-EC-4B-8D-76-91) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(8cec4b8d7691,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)RC
dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 01 01 / 01 01 06 00 00 00 / 03 0b 25 00 8c ec 4b 8d 76 91 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0c 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 52 43
Boot0005* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (8C-EC-4B-8D-76-91) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(8cec4b8d7691,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC
dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 01 01 / 01 01 06 00 00 00 / 03 0b 25 00 8c ec 4b 8d 76 91 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0d 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
data: 52 43
Boot0006* endeavouros HD(1,GPT,ecfde1bd-631a-cb44-b29e-35f3386336da,0x1000,0x96000)/File(\EFI\endeavouros\grubx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 09 00 00 00 00 00 bd e1 fd ec 1a 63 44 cb b2 9e 35 f3 38 63 36 da 02 02 / 04 04 3e 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 65 00 6e 00 64 00 65 00 61 00 76 00 6f 00 75 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot0009* Artix HD(1,GPT,6a62f511-c463-f548-8b16-ae96ddd1dee2,0x1000,0x96000)/File(\EFI\Artix\grubx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 09 00 00 00 00 00 11 f5 62 6a 63 c4 48 f5 8b 16 ae 96 dd d1 de e2 02 02 / 04 04 32 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 41 00 72 00 74 00 69 00 78 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot000A* MX21 HD(1,GPT,71767149-d6f5-4d23-b886-df9d7cb16b62,0x800,0x80000)/File(\EFI\MX21\grubx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 49 71 76 71 f5 d6 23 4d b8 86 df 9d 7c b1 6b 62 02 02 / 04 04 30 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 4d 00 58 00 32 00 31 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot000B* debian HD(1,GPT,ce1167cd-b59b-db44-b001-91ad8c8ff135,0x1000,0x96000)/File(\EFI\debian\shimx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 09 00 00 00 00 00 cd 67 11 ce 9b b5 44 db b0 01 91 ad 8c 8f f1 35 02 02 / 04 04 34 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 64 00 65 00 62 00 69 00 61 00 6e 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot000C* opensuse-secureboot HD(1,GPT,71767149-d6f5-4d23-b886-df9d7cb16b62,0x800,0x80000)/File(\EFI\opensuse\shim.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 49 71 76 71 f5 d6 23 4d b8 86 df 9d 7c b1 6b 62 02 02 / 04 04 32 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 6f 00 70 00 65 00 6e 00 73 00 75 00 73 00 65 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot000D* geckolinux HD(1,GPT,7d4a367c-c862-d443-bc60-80e70aba030f,0x1000,0x96000)/File(\EFI\geckolinux\grubx64.efi)
dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 09 00 00 00 00 00 7c 36 4a 7d 62 c8 43 d4 bc 60 80 e7 0a ba 03 0f 02 02 / 04 04 3c 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 67 00 65 00 63 00 6b 00 6f 00 6c 00 69 00 6e 00 75 00 78 00 5c 00 67 00 72 00 75 00 62 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
[seriley@endeavourOS ~]$ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for seriley:
Model: ATA ST1000DM010-2EP1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2097kB 317MB 315MB fat32 boot, esp
2 317MB 237GB 237GB btrfs root
4 237GB 474GB 237GB btrfs
3 474GB 1000GB 526GB btrfs
Model: PC601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 256GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 525MB 524MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
2 525MB 660MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
3 660MB 243GB 242GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
4 243GB 244GB 1038MB ntfs diag
5 244GB 255GB 10.7GB ntfs diag
6 255GB 256GB 1143MB ntfs diag
type or paste code here
What does
sudo os-prober
show?
sudo os-prober shows:
/dev/nvme0n1p1@/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi:Windows Boot Manager:Windows:efi
First make sure that you have the following line in /etc/default/grub:
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
If it is not there, edit the file:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
and add the line. When you are done editing, press in turn Ctrl-O, Enter and Ctrl-X to quit nano.
Next run
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
and the check the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg and see if an entry for Windows has been added or not. You need to scroll down that file a bit.
If you like you could run:
cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg | eos-sendlog
and post the URL you get in the terminal.
I have a Windows boot option on my grub menu. I’m still missing an entry to boot into a second EOS system installed on a separate partition. It’s used to test drive other systems. Currently I can boot into my EOS KDE system, but not my EOS Gnome system.
I wanted to thank those people who helped me work through this problem. The steps given by pebcak fixed my problem of not being able to select my windows system from the grub menu.
I still can’t see other linux systems I have available on the grub menu without installing a manjaro system. When I did that, ALL my linux systems show up in the grub menu as well as my windows system.
I have a 256GB ssd with a 1 TB hd. I did install the manjaro system on the ssd with the windows stuff and used the windows boot menu for my boot menu to manaro. All the endeavourOS systems on are the hd, with a separate /boot/efi also there.
As long as the manjaro system is the last installed, I can see everything.
Hurray, and yet another hurray for self-congratulation, not understanding how grub works!
The ArchWiki can be very helpful to remedy your mindlessness.
Just sayin’.
Who pissed on your cheerios, Ivanhoe?
Why did you then mark your own post as solution, and not pebcak’s?
Never mix cheerios with your manjaros. 
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