Sorry, I totally forgot to mention that most (if not all) uefi's will search a partition for the /efi/boot/bootx64.efi only if it is formatted as FAT16, FAT32, or ntfs. But none will search an ext2.ext3 or ext4 partition for that file. ps. Time to make a coffee to properly wake up.
@Brian K since you like trying new things you may also be interested in booting linux without a bootloader (only with the EFI shell commands and the EFI Stub loader of the linux kernel) http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/efistub.html https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface Panagiotis
A bit late here. Is there any way to install Linux in dual boot with Win10 in a way that Win loads its bootloader and then I can select to start Linux? Basically I need to avoid GRUB sitting on the MBR. I guess EasyBCD can make it but I am wondering what do to at Linux installation. From the previous posts I understand that even if I place the Linux bootloader in / I can't avoid GRUB. Am I correct?
dogbite, Will you have a MBR or UEFI OS installation? Do you want to completely avoid seeing the Grub boot menu?
A quick way is to look at Disk Management. UEFI has an EFI System Partition. Or in System Information, System Summary, Item column, BIOS Mode. Is it UEFI or Legacy? Or in Disk Management, right click on Disk 0, Properties, Volumes tab. Is the Partition style GUID Partition Table (GPT) or Master Boot Record (MBR).
In that case the Grub bootloader is in the EFI system partition, not the MBR. What do you envisage doing with Grub?
Well, ideally I want to boot without seeing GRUB and then select either Win or Linux from the Win prompt. FYI I have not installed linux, yet.
Unfortunately, that can't be done. You can have both installed and boot each OS without seeing Grub but it's not easy. Anyone have other ideas?
Thanks Brian, actually it's not a matter of life or death, I can stay with GRUB as usual. Just FYI in this video in Dropbox it shows what happens when there is no Grub and OS selections is made at Windows boot. https://www.dropbox.com/s/u5jm2qj5s5qwjtz/avvio 10.mp4?dl=0 From what I understood that was achieved using EasyBCD after installing Mint alongside Win10 (and messing up the bootloader).
@dogbite It can be done (boot without grub) but It's not advised especially for novices. (Every time you update your linux distribution kernel, you would have to manually modifying the boot sequence to load the new kernel; with grub installed the OS updates automatically the grub bootloader to use the updated kernel) But if you want, you can modify it, so that you never see the grub boot menu. Steps to take: 1) navigate in the directory "/etc/grub.d/" and edit the file "30_os-prober" Code: ...... adjust_timeout () { if [ "$quick_boot" = 1 ] && [ "x${found_other_os}" != "x" ]; then cat << EOF set timeout_style=menu if [ "\${timeout}" = 0 ]; then set timeout=10 ------ You modify the line "set timeout=10" to "set timeout=0" 2) navigate in the directory "/etc/default/" and edit the file "grub" and add/modify the lines Code: ...... GRUB_DEFAULT="0" GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT="0" GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET="true" GRUB_TIMEOUT="0" -----.
Panagiotis, Is this TBOSDT line related to the issue you mentioned? Boot a UEFI Kernel Loader. (UEFI Version Only) Maybe it's referring to all OS. This boots Mint using TBOSDT for UEFI... boot J:\EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.EFI
@Brian K What issue? You can use that line to boot another U/EFI loader from the TBOSDT. eg. Elilo, Grub legacy, Grub2, Windows loader, BootX (apple bootloader), etc.
