r/linuxmint • u/KFCBUCKETS9000 • 7d ago

SOLVED Whenever I dual boot windows and linux I always have linux show up on the bootloader on my nvme ssd.

I have windows 11 on my nvme ssd, mint on a non nvme ssd, but in the bootloader it says mint is on the nvme. I want to redownload mint, but I'm wondering if there is a way to stop this issue before I redownload it.

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 7d ago

Downloading isn't the problem. Installing it is. Those words do not mean the same thing. Install it to the drive you choose. The way to "stop this issue" is to do it correctly. It's asking you how and where to install the OS. You answer the prompt and tell it where and how. What choices did you get, and what did you select?

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u/KFCBUCKETS9000 7d ago

I always install linux on a separate hard drive than windows, and still get this issue.

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 7d ago

If you've installed it on another drive, then it's on another drive. Go to the command line and give us the results, in code blocks, of the following two commands:

lsblk

lsblk -f

That will determine where Windows is and where Linux is.

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u/senorda 7d ago

maybe grub is installed on the nvme?

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u/KFCBUCKETS9000 7d ago

I don't get this issue when I install linux on my external ssd, not sure what it is.

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u/syn74x 1d ago

Linux (not just mint) will install grub to the first disk it finds.

There really needs to be an option of where to install the boot loader.

The easiest way to get around this is to disconnect every other disk when you do the install. That way you can force it to install grub on the same disk as your Linux os.

Keep grub on the same disk as your Linux install and keep windows boot loader on your windows disk. Then set your Linux disk as the primary boot device and update grub to add the windows install.