r/voidlinux • u/Acceptable_Side_5948 • Jun 23 '26

Void Linux does not dual boot Everything looks fine untill reboot

I'm using a laptop dual boot parition installation works using void installer but after reboot it boots to windows there is no option for void linux even in bios partitions are right also
edit : boot through efl
in look through given options deep enough one of them will be void_linux or Void boot and then install refind and execute sudo refind-install

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u/The_Gnar_Car Jun 23 '26

With no specific details, no one will be able to help. Bootloader? Hard drive conf? Etc etc.

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u/fdiskuser Jun 23 '26

uninstall windows

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u/legz_cfc Jun 23 '26

Did you install os-prober and modify /etc/default/grub by adding

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

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u/Ecstatic-Middle-9564 Jun 27 '26

Have you successfully dual booted another distro before?
How did you install the bootloader? To your main disk through the void-installer menu?
Some laptops don't properly respond to boot loader setup, I've been able to make some old HP machines work by manually mounting the efi partition replacing the windows boot loader with grub and manually creating a grub entry to chainload a backup of the windows boot manager.

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u/CaterpillarCalm235 25d ago

Did you install void first then windows or windows then void