• WalJT@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

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

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      11 months ago

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

        • 0x4E4FOP
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          11 months ago

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

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        11 months ago

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

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          11 months ago

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

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            11 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.