Re: Dual booting problem
Van Snyder composed on 2025-06-30 13:59 (UTC-0700):
> If I want to have dual boot, instead of telling the BIOS which
> partition to boot, must I essentially start over with the Debian
> install i EFI mode (if I can find an installer DVD that will boot EFI)?
> I don't want to muck with the Fedora install. If I get a Debian EFI
> install done, will its grub-update be able to see the Fedora
> installation?
Debian needs to be installed in UEFI mode for its Grub to be able to chain Win11's
bootloader. Debian should have no problem loading Fedora's kernel and initrd via
40_custom if necessary due to Fedora having been installed in legacy mode, if that
was the case, or in UEFI mode but not using Grub, if that was the case. If Fedora
was installed in UEFI mode with Grub, then Debian's os-prober should pick it up
automatically, once os-prober is enabled, which would need to be changed from the
"safe" disabled default (/etc/default/grub's GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER="true").
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