Installing GARUDA on a separate SSD

Issues & Assistance
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Good evening everybody I need some help please. I installed linux GARUDA on my computer:

OS: Garuda Linux x86_64
Host: Precision 7530
Kernel: 6.5.9-zen2-1-zen
Uptime: 9 mins
Battery: 80%% [Discharging]

Packages: 1835 (pacman)[stable]
Shell: fish 3.6.1
Terminal: konsole 23.8.2

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H (12) @ 4.10 GHz
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro P1000 Mobile
Memory: 4.16 GiB / 30.87 GiB (13%)

and I have this disk settings: sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/nvme2n1: 476.94 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
Disk model: LENSE30512GMSP34MEAT3TA
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: E7E1BB77-69CB-4575-AD8E-B939FBD605FE

Device             Start        End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme2n1p1      2048     616447    614400   300M Windows recovery environment
/dev/nvme2n1p2    616448     821247    204800   100M EFI System
/dev/nvme2n1p3    821248    1083391    262144   128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/nvme2n1p4   1083392  998897663 997814272 475.8G Microsoft basic data
/dev/nvme2n1p5 998897664 1000212479   1314816   642M Windows recovery environment


Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: CT1000P3SSD8
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x84ca30b7

Device         Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 *     2048 1953520064 1953518017 931.5G 83 Linux


Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: CT500P3SSD8
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x25fd8876

Device         Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/nvme1n1p1       2048 976769023 976766976 465.8G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT


Disk /dev/sda: 14.62 GiB, 15702425600 bytes, 30668800 sectors
Disk model: STORAGE DEVICE
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         64 8554523 8554460  4.1G  0 Empty
/dev/sda2       8554524 8562715    8192    4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)


Disk /dev/loop0: 17.9 MiB, 18771968 bytes, 36664 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 407.31 MiB, 427098112 bytes, 834176 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 2.91 GiB, 3119906816 bytes, 6093568 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 680.74 MiB, 713805824 bytes, 1394152 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/zram0: 30.87 GiB, 33145487360 bytes, 8092160 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

I can’t boot into Garuda… when i turn on my laptop goes straight into windows.
When I installed Garuda I didn’t choose the option “along with windows” because i thought since I’m installing it on a separate drive it was the right choice.
Do you have any solution please?
Thank you

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On most pc press f8 or which key your bios say,s when booting it should give you a boot menu
Choose your ssd that you installed garuda on
If you want garuda to be your default os change it in your bios to boot your ssd with garuda first

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On my BIOS sequence I can’t see the drive where linux is installed … I don’t know why! I just have the drive where windows is installed and Onboard NIC(IPV4) and Onboard NIC(IPV6).
Thank you

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one more thing I forgot to say it may be important, I also try to disconnect all drive where windows is installed but it gone into recovery mode… thank you

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It looks like you installed in legacy/BIOS compatibility mode. Most likely this is not what you want, because Windows has been installed in UEFI mode and you won’t be able to get them on to the same bootloader this way. You may want to disable CSM or set the BIOS to UEFI only mode, then reinstall the OS and make sure it is setting up an EFI partition for you on the partitioning step.

Otherwise, if you want to run it like this you will have to switch back and forth in the BIOS each time you wish to change from one to the other. You may need to enable CSM for one, and then disable for the other each time.

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I did as you told me to and it worked !!! I’m very happy :smile: reinstalled, checked that the EFI partition was there and everything works now! I really like this OS.
Thank you very much for your help

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