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Can't relate to be honest, I still use MBR boot (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] WalJT@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly can't remember the last time I had a bootoader issue. Don't get me wrong, I've broken plenty of other things.

[–] themelm@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Windows 7 used to thunderfuck grub at random every few updates just to keep everyone on their toes.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Nice new verb you got there. Thunderfuck, indeed!

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did it stop after W7? I feel like it still does this at every opportunity, be that W10 or W11

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

UEFI boot is why this happens. In MBR, Windows doesn't check or update the MBR magic, thus GRUB is left alone.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Installed in MBR mode 🤨? Cuz Win7 does support GPT, but not UEFI boot AFAIK.

[–] themelm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't remember choosing. Feel like uefi was new fangled at the time.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

You don't choose. If the installer boots in UEFI, it installs the OS in UEFI, if it boots in MBR, it installs in MBR. The same logic applies to both Windows and Linux.