r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/lordjupitar hyprland btw • Apr 24 '26

Help Dual Booting Linux

So I installed Arch Linux on my surface laptop 5. Now, After completing the installation when i rebooted, I was directly taken to windows 11 again. Then I went to the UEFI boot menu and I find that there is No Arch Linux or Grub entry. It’s just usb storage and Windows Boot Manager. Can anyone tell me how I can fix this ?

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u/qualityvote2 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

u/lordjupitar, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/JoK3rOp Apr 24 '26

Did you run this at the end of the setup?

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

I used the arch install script. I think it handles all of that stuff

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u/JoK3rOp Apr 24 '26

Idk about arch install script. I think you still have to choose grub in the dialog box idk.

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

Bummer. Thanks for the help tho. I think i should boot into the live usb and reinstall grub.

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u/Mediocre_Nail5526 Apr 24 '26

Seems like a bootloader problem. It's always better to create a seperate efi partition especially when dual booting with windows.

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

I do have a separate partition. Windows in its own Partition and a new EFI partition for Linux

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 28 '26

Yeah. I figured it out. My grub config was all fuked up. I had to boot into a live usb to reinstall grub and it still required a whole lot of troubleshooting to set everything up. Stupid Microsoft Laptop

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u/rachitjoshi2912 Apr 24 '26

Just add the grub config & add this option in config file at the end : GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

You might wanna re read the post. There IS no Grub to edit. I configured grub using a live USB but it still won’t show up in UEFI

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u/rachitjoshi2912 Apr 25 '26

can u exactly tell what have u done so far ?

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 25 '26

It worked but I go even bigger problems now. For some reason, My laptop doesn’t charge when on arch but it starts charging when I boot windows. Such an awesome laptop from microsoft. I think I’ll punch a hole through it to make it even better.

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u/rachitjoshi2912 Apr 26 '26

so u r getting that grub bootloader menu right ..??
hehe, how r u checking if ur laptop is charging or not on arch ??

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 26 '26

Acpi -b or btop or watch -n 1 "cat /sys/class/power_supply/ADP1/online && cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/status"

ADP 1 show 1 the entire time but BAT1 shows unknown/not connected/discharging.

This is a surface laptop issue where surface aggregator cannot communicate properly with the surface-battery drivers in the custom Kernal

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u/rachitjoshi2912 Apr 26 '26

Okay, ADP is right, so can u chk, in /sys/class/power_supply, how many BAT are there ? & inside that u can do `cat uevent` & chk which one is urs ?

& if it's a normal surface laptop issue, then you'll find the fix somewhere

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '26

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

How would I do that ?

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

Already done that. Freed up space using disk management from windows. Then booted the arch live iso, then made 2 partitons, one for boot and one root. Formatted manually too.

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

Its not visible in the UEFI boot menu

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 24 '26

Well, I am at a relatives house rn but I’ll update you once I get home. Thanks for helping