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>However, usually you use it to boot a local second-stage bootloader like grub (hence the name "shim") Would Windows Boot Manager not serve that purpose also?
by Dalewyn 3y ago
>However, usually you use it to boot a local second-stage bootloader like grub (hence the name "shim")
Would Windows Boot Manager not serve that purpose also? I have WBM chainloading into GRUB on one of my older BIOS machines, but I never got around to doing that on a UEFI machine so I'm not aware of any showstoppers.
- earthling8118 3y agoWindows is a showstopper itself. It might play nicely sometimes but it isn't a workable solution. I can no longer ever try dual booting because it doesn't respect anything but itself. It'll just decide to get rid of other bootloaders at its own discretion.
- Dalewyn 3y agoI'm talking about dumping the subsequent bootloaders such as GRUB to a file located in a Windows-accessible location, and then adding a menu entry for Windows Boot Manager to chainload into it. As far as I know, Windows doesn't just overwrite the BCD like that unless you explicitly tell it to. Also, obviously the assumption is Windows isn't a showstopper such as in my case. I'm inquiring if there are any practical or technical concerns that would preclude using WBM as a shim.