Cant boot solus

Kuka

kyrios i used 500MB folder can i change it to 520?

tomscharbach

Kuka i need to reinstall solus?

Yes.

Before you do, though, I think that it would be a good idea to look through the threads on dual-boot installations and build a careful checklist of the steps. Stripped to the essentials, there are three methods to dual-boot. One is to use a single bootload partition, repartitioning as needed so that the boot load partition is at least 512 MB, the second is to set up a separate boot load partition on the Solus-target drive, and the third is to physically separate the drives during installation.

I use the third method, but that is only because I've had issues with both the first and the second methods. The third method works well on desktops, where drives can be plugged and unplugged easily for separate installation, but it is a PITA on laptops, which require disassembly to get at the drives.

At this point, I am going to step out of the conversation, because I no longer have enough experience with methods one and two to be of use.

WetGeek

tomscharbach I'm going to invite @WetGeek and @Brucehankins (who might have more experience) to take a look at this thread and jump in to help

If you look up a bit, you'll notice that WetGeek was the first to respond, and Bruce joined us shortly after. No invitations are needed at this point. 🙂

tomscharbach

WetGeek If you look up a bit, you'll notice that WetGeek was the first to respond, and Bruce joined us shortly after. No invitations are needed at this point. 🙂

I apologize for offending you. I should not have phrased the call for help as an invitation in your case. I'll try to be more careful going forward.

I don't think that Bruce has entered the conversation at this point.

WetGeek

tomscharbach You may be right about Bruce, and I was NOT offended in the least, which is why I added the Smiley emoticon after my comment. I was just a bit amused.

WetGeek

Kuka

If we ever created a list of the "10 Most Encountered Problems," this would certainly be one of them, if not first on the list. When I installed Solus on my wife's laptop a little while ago, I created a 1.0GB EFI partition. Just in case.

It was on a 500GB SSD, and I figured a single GB would never be missed. And if future editions of Solus ever got greedy, she'd be ready for them.

Another problem that may be quickly rising to a higher position on the list is the VMD issue where it hides drives from Solus installers.

WetGeek

WetGeek You may be right about Bruce

In fact, looking back, it was YOU who jumped in right after I did. I was confusing this with a different issue recently. Thanks for the quick help with this one!

Brucehankins

tomscharbach WetGeek unfortunately I'm not going to be much help here. I haven't had much luck dual booting with a shared boot partition. Windows always seems to give me a hard time with Solus. I've got it working with Ubuntu derivatives and arch based distros, but not Solus.
Just as a matter of habit, I always set up multiple drives with their own boot partition and keep systems completely isolated.

tomscharbach

WetGeek In fact, looking back, it was YOU who jumped in right after I did. I was confusing this with a different issue recently. Thanks for the quick help with this one!

Well, we are not out of the weeds, and I'm not going to be of much (if any help) going forward.

The dual-boot, dual-drive method (remove the non-target drive when installing on the target drive, so that the installations are completely independent) that I have been using for the last few years does not seem to be the method that @Kuka is attempting. He seems to be attempting to install using a single boot partition. I don't have enough experience with that method in recent years to be of help, so I hope that you will monitor the thread and help him/her as the thread develops.

WetGeek

Brucehankins unfortunately I'm not going to be much help here

It appears to be (maybe) solved by now. I was also not much help here, but all we can do is try.

I decided about a decade ago that dual-booting was never going to be an answer for me, so I have very little recent experience with it. To be more accurate, I have NONE. Installing a secondary OS in a VM is far more satisfactory, in my opinion, and that's what has worked well for me.

Accessing the second OS does NOT require saving all my work and shutting down the primary OS in order to boot the second one. It just requires a mouse click, as they are both operating at the same time. It's trivial to transfer files from one to the other with a shared clipboard. Sure, the VM sacrifices a small bit of performance than the one installed on the host, but not much. And after all, that's the one that needs it the least, right?

These reasons are why I'll probably never change.

tomscharbach

Brucehankins Just as a matter of habit, I always set up multiple drives with their own boot partition and keep systems completely isolated.

I refuse to use a shared boot partition anymore. Sooner or later, single-partition dual booting always tangles the bootloaders and requires a new installation. Like you, I set up my drives so that each has its own boot partition and is completely isolated.

I run two almost identical micro desktop computers, both dual-boot, dual-drive, dual-boot-partition. On the 7080, W11 is the default boot, Solus the secondary boot; on the 7070, Solus is the default boot, W10 the secondary boot (so I can help my geezer friends with W10 as needed).

I keep the W11 computer and a Solus computer side-by-side, working with both during the day. Both have been remarkably stable, with no issues whatsoever, for a long time. I frankly wonder why the norm is to try to dual boot from a single partition.

WetGeek I decided about a decade ago that dual-booting was never going to be an answer for me, so I have very little recent experience with it. To be more accurate, I have NONE. Installing a secondary OS in a VM is far more satisfactory, in my opinion, and that's what has worked well for me.

I use Gnome Boxes to check out various disros on my Solus computer. I haven't noticed a performance issue, but I can devote 8GB/40GB to the distro installed in the box, which is more than adequate, and Gnome Boxes seems to be resource light in comparison to VMware and VirtualBox. I won't use Grub for a bare-metal installation on any computer, period.

Enough said, I guess. It doesn't look like any of us are in a position to offer much useful help to @Kuka with installing W11/Solus on dual drives using a single boot partition. Luckily, though, there are several threads on the issue that he can explore.

WetGeek

tomscharbach I use Gnome Boxes to check out various disros on my Solus computer.

Yes, I've done the same thing, but for a second OS to use on a daily basis, I've found VirtualBox to offer a bit more stability and a lot more options that don't require editing xml. Boxes is great for a quick setup using reasonable defaults, and if I ever decide to explore distros other than Solus, I may very well use it again.

Kuka

I have question: how to add EFI partition on solus? (on installer, i dont see mountpoint /boot/efi)

kyrios

Kuka I have question: how to add EFI partition on solus? (on installer, i dont see mountpoint /boot/efi)

https://discuss.getsol.us/d/7916-cant-boot-solus/14

Kuka

kyrios ok

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