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[-] svnipni@lemy.lol 10 points 5 months ago

Ah damn this is exactly what happened a few days ago. My popos boot entry suddenly disappeared. I can still just boot from the physical ssd it's installed on, but I found it strange it just pooped out somehow. Any pointers on how to fix it?

[-] CoolingJam@lemmy.one 15 points 5 months ago

Here's an article on how to fix it.

TLDR: You need to boot from a live disk, mount your install and reinstall the bootloader.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I still need to fix mine, thanks for the link. The weirdest break it did once was messing with my Wi-Fi driver, managed to break Linux' driver somehow, making the Internet a no go. Still no idea how Windows managed that though, they shouldn't be messing with my bios. :/

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Make sure you disable fast boot in Windows. I’ve read that can put devices into a state where Linux can’t use them.

[-] Doxin@yiffit.net 4 points 5 months ago

I haven't had it happen to me for a while now. I used to have a boot repair liveCD that'd always do the trick, but I don't think that specific distro even exists anymore.

The gist is you'll want to boot a liveCD and use the liveCD to reinstall GRUB, I'm sure you can find the right incantation to do so online somewhere.

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