Free USB port (a bit tricky if its a Laptop).You will probably be able to select the Windows boot loader or Grub through rEFInd. If your Linux installation comes with Grub or you already installed it, it should work nonetheless.
When doing this during an Arch Linux install this can be done when it comes to installing a boot loader.
I created the USB drive with rEFInd as my boot manager during the Arch Linux installation process.ĭoing it that way I did not install Grub, but let only rEFInd handle boot loading since it won’t work without it anyways. So in this Post I’ll show how I use rEFInd as my boot manager to make stubborn HP’s dual boot. It seems that it’s hardcoded into the Firmware to always prefer Windows if available. Using a USB drive with rEFInd as first boot option allows to boot both operating systems. Whenever I tried to install Linux alongside Windows 10 on my HP Compaq Elite 83000 it would always boot into Windows.
