At this point if I can't figure out what the problem is I'll just have to try again but everything is correct as far as I can see. Partitions are correct, table is GPT, boot partition flags and boot loader is definitely installed. Baffled.
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I don't know if this is the problem but when I booted from my USB stick where the Mint installation is I *may* have selected "USB" instead of "UEFI" from the boot options. Maybe this messed up the installation? I'll start over just to be sure.
jul 31, 2025, 1:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Looks like that was the problem. The good news is Ubuntu now shows up and I can boot into Mint. The bad news is booting from Windows from grub is borked and I have to manually change boot order to get back into Windows. I'll try updating grub and seeing if I can fix that or it's gonna be tedious.
jul 31, 2025, 1:27 pm • 0 0 • view
No idea what's up with grub not being able to boot into windows but that's a problem for another day. Mint's going to be my daily driver from now on as I doubt I'll need to log into Windows that often anyway unless I need to export anything specific. I'll gradually move my stuff over time.
jul 31, 2025, 4:06 pm • 0 0 • view
If you're dual-booting, just make sure Windows doesn't mess up the bootloader when it updates. It's been known to be extremely unfriendly to multi-OS systems. Personally I went with a full Linux install with a Windows VM in case I need it, but that obv doesn't have the same compatibility as native.
jul 31, 2025, 4:53 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah no worries, I'm aware Windows can screw up the boot loader. I installed Linux to a completely separate drive. I might go the VM route myself and just use the Windows drive for extra storage if there's only a few apps I really need access to. I've not really messed around with VMs before.
jul 31, 2025, 5:40 pm • 2 0 • view