On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Saleem EDAH-TALLY <nmset@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to dual boot Arch with Windows 8.1 on an HP Pavilion 15-n216sf > with > Windows 8.1 pre-installed. > > I have followed > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub > > > So I can't find a way to dual boot with ARCH and I'm stuck with this. > > I have noted one weird thing with efibootmgr -v from arch-chroot, with > fails > with an invalid pointer message and lots of backtrace, and the following > output : > > BootCurrent: 0001 > Timeout: 2 seconds > BootOrder: 0002,0000,3000,2001,2002,2003 > Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,c8800,82000,dc61d0de-af32-472f-8c54- > fdafe931e191)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)(invalid optional data > length) > Boot0001* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - USB DISK 2.0 > > I am hereby requesting help to solve this issue. > > Thank you. > It is possible that the thread at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=177356 may help? -- mike c
