So, I had to reinstall windows as a dualboot, because I need some CAD tools for work. It was painful but it’s not thebaubject

I’m running nixos with systemd-boot and I installed windows on another drive. I started to research how to add the entry on the boot list so I don’t need to go in bios to switch the boot order each time I want to change OS.

Most of the information I find is about grub on nixos but I finally find information on how to add a manual entry. On the Arch wiki I find some information but now I have to blend all that to make it work on my laptop.

It’s late and I’m scared to mess up my boot partition so I go to sleep to work instructions on it the next day.

The next day I’m ready to do all that only to realized that there is already the entry for windows is already in the boot menu, it has been added automatically.

So I spent all this time to think about how I while have to adjust my system manually only to realize that nixos already did it automatically for me.

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 months ago

    When I need both Linux and Windows, I like to have at least one of them locked up in a VM so that they can never even sniff each other :-)

    • Gork@lemm.ee
      2·
      7 months ago

      Out of curiosity, do you VM the Windows or the Linux? I know Windows really doesn’t play well with bootloaders.

      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
        51·
        7 months ago

        Whatever is needed.

        My preference is Linux as the base system, then several VM’s with both Linuxes and Windoses inside. Proxmox on the base system makes it easy.

      • BastingCheminaOP
        2·
        7 months ago

        I tried via a VM but CAD applications need a GPU and doing a GPU pass through with a nvidia card on my laptop was too much for me.