Error encountered during dual boot setup.
Error encountered during dual boot setup.
Hi, I have Windows installed on my Lenovo laptop and reduced the partition size for space. After a clean install of Pop OS 21.04 it works properly, but installing Pop OS after Windows causes a Grub error. I've tried using just the root partition and setting up a boot and swap partition, but it hasn't worked. The Pop OS installer error log is attached.
It could be related to NTFS filesystem. Windows supports only NTFS, while Linux offers more options. NTFS is frequently chosen, though I’m not sure what filesystem Pop!OS uses. Pop! and Mint are popular Linux distros for gaming, possibly because they work better with NVIDIA GPUs.
I recently installed Pop OS! I'm not an expert but I'll explain to you how I got it installed. I had to uninstall windows and change my sata controller from RAID to AHCI. I had to turn off secure boot and then I installed windows 10 in NTFS. They I didn't use the normal Pop OS! wipe disc option (because that failed for me) So I then used the manual install instructions this guy gave me on the second page of this forum post (I installed linux to a secondary SSD so if you aren't installing on a separate drive, you would shrink you c drive on windows.) Here's a video where I guy shows how to manually partition Pop OS! After that you should be set. *Note when doing this method Pop os appears to not install grub. But at least for me that was a good thing because no matter what I did with Pop os OR linux, grub would not let me boot into linux. After installing linux go into your bios (for me I press f2) and change your boot order so Window is first and Pop os is second) Next, what you do to select linux is go into your uefi (for me I press f12) and from uefi boot options there should be an option for Pop os. You might be able to find people who can tell you how to fix grub, but I'm sorry, I don't know how to fix it. After following my instructions I think you should be set and going into pop os. (note every time you want to go into pop os you need to manually select it from the uefi. If you just power on your pc and don't go into the uefi your pc will default boot into windows. Which is good because if you have pop os first in the boot order there is a chance windows can corrupt it when windows has updates)