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    Can't relate to be honest, I still use MBR boot (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

    Nice new verb you got there. Thunderfuck, indeed!

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Did it stop after W7? I feel like it still does this at every opportunity, be that W10 or W11

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 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.