I will go through the links guys, thanks a lot.. And Yi Zheng, me neither like UEFI, but what to do, nowadays all laptops comes as UEFI.. and to change it to MBR i have to wipe the entire drive :( On Mon, 27 May 2019, 12:31 pm Yi Zheng via arch-general, < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I hate UEFI................... > > Ali Emre Gülcü via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 于2019年5月27日周一 > 下午2:41写道： > > > > > > > create a USB-Key, install extlinux onto it. In extlinux.conf, you can > > > provide kernel cmdline, with root=UUID=xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx > > > In that way, you can boot your archlinux(and any other linux) from USB, > > and > > > using your main HDD(partition) as the rootfs. > > > > > > Note, every time you update the kernel, you must copy the updated > vmliuz > > + > > > initramfs.img into you USB disk. > > > > > > That is not a LIVE USB-Key, it just an bootable kernel + initramfs. > Not a > > > completed OS. > > > > > > > You can do that just in case but I don't think it will be necessary. I am > > using Arch for years now in 3 different UEFI computers with Windows 10. > > Just follow the installation guide and boot loader wiki page. Just like > > Jason and Artur linked, wiki warns you for possible problems before you > > face them and suggests fixes. > > In case you wonder, I am using systemd-boot with (almost) default > configs. > > Never used GRUB with Arch but it doesn't cause any problems on other > Linux > > distros (at least for me) with Windows 10 dual boot so it is a safe bet > > too. > > > > > > > >
