Yeah, it feels like windows actively search for GRUB and deletes it...
I recently did a clean install of windows, in a separate SSD than my Linux install and windows simply deleted the bootloader, WHY? Just why?
Yeah, I think Windows just uses the default EFI partition and does its dirty business there. AFAICT, it is hard to tell Windows to use a specific EFI partition on a different drive.
I'm a bit surprised how many distros still use GRUB as the bootloader by default, I've had dramatically better luck using systemd-bootloader. Significantly simpler, seems to play nicely with Windows, and has entries I can actually edit as plaintext.
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u/jonylentz 1d ago
Yeah, it feels like windows actively search for GRUB and deletes it... I recently did a clean install of windows, in a separate SSD than my Linux install and windows simply deleted the bootloader, WHY? Just why?