Day 1 BootIt UEFI install to dual boot Win10 & Mint 19.1
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:18 am
Lenovo Yoga 720
Dual Boot : Windows 10 home, Linux Mint 19.1
ssd partitioned GPT
secure boot : off
was having issues with windows boot manager continuing to move itself to top of BIOS boot loader list, after I used a bootable usb stick in either legacy or uefi mode.
I would then have to manually changed boot order in BIOS to give control back to grub2, which I prefer.
I tried to put a default Mint boot loader entry in windows boot manager, but found out WBM doesn't permit non windows OSs being default boot on a UEFI system.
Wow, thanks Microsoft, yet again. Another reason to hate you.
I've been using BootIt off and on for maybe 15 years.
I had absolute faith in it.
But then I was sad to see GPT killed its multiboot capacity.....at least until BootIt UEFI..... YAY..... so am trialing now.
The insto went without a hitch....
I was soon back into the oh so familiar interface.
Was disappointed my trackpad and wireless usb mouse don't work.
But am familiar with the kb shortcuts.
All looks good. Will be great to get mouse or touchpad working, but no sweat if not.
Beyond every other imaging app, I place Terabyte's Imaging tech. I've never lost an image via corruption, and have had scripts set up over the years to image the OS partition every week to backup.
My 15 minutes of messing with the multiboot capabilities show WBM has stopped moving itself to top of boot loader list in BIOS, even during and after booting with a bootable usb stick.
I am somewhat disappointed that I cannot boot legacy usb sticks. but I appreciate enabling legacy is probably what opens the door for WBM to mess with things.
I look forward to having a few great weeks of trialing the product, and buying.
The instructions for uninstalling were a little vague....but hopefully I won't have to do that!!!
Dual Boot : Windows 10 home, Linux Mint 19.1
ssd partitioned GPT
secure boot : off
was having issues with windows boot manager continuing to move itself to top of BIOS boot loader list, after I used a bootable usb stick in either legacy or uefi mode.
I would then have to manually changed boot order in BIOS to give control back to grub2, which I prefer.
I tried to put a default Mint boot loader entry in windows boot manager, but found out WBM doesn't permit non windows OSs being default boot on a UEFI system.
Wow, thanks Microsoft, yet again. Another reason to hate you.
I've been using BootIt off and on for maybe 15 years.
I had absolute faith in it.
But then I was sad to see GPT killed its multiboot capacity.....at least until BootIt UEFI..... YAY..... so am trialing now.
The insto went without a hitch....
I was soon back into the oh so familiar interface.
Was disappointed my trackpad and wireless usb mouse don't work.
But am familiar with the kb shortcuts.
All looks good. Will be great to get mouse or touchpad working, but no sweat if not.
Beyond every other imaging app, I place Terabyte's Imaging tech. I've never lost an image via corruption, and have had scripts set up over the years to image the OS partition every week to backup.
My 15 minutes of messing with the multiboot capabilities show WBM has stopped moving itself to top of boot loader list in BIOS, even during and after booting with a bootable usb stick.
I am somewhat disappointed that I cannot boot legacy usb sticks. but I appreciate enabling legacy is probably what opens the door for WBM to mess with things.
I look forward to having a few great weeks of trialing the product, and buying.
The instructions for uninstalling were a little vague....but hopefully I won't have to do that!!!