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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think anybody does that, honestly.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can have a helper script do it for you (the gui) but it still happening in the background

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The boot files go into C:, not G:.

Windows can't operate if you did that, it doesn't let you.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Copy Boot Files to EFI Copy the boot files to complete the EFI partition to boot into our windows.

bcdboot c:\Windows /s G: /f ALL

Source: https://christitus.com/install-windows-the-arch-linux-way/

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fijn article, thanks for sharing!

Still, I don't get why'd you do that, all my windows installation automatically put boot files onto C: and did not allow me to touch them afterwards.
G: also seems completely arbitrary, and I'm the majority of windowa setups wouldn't exist or be an external drive.
Simple as.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The boot directory on your file system is where the system gets it from to put on G. It’s left there for recovery/repair

But you still have a G partition for the boot. It lets the computer itself have an easier time finding it (think labeled as boot). Your ssd is divided, it’s not a 2nd physical disk

The letter is arbitrary, so is C. It’s just the default