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[Utaminna]

Trying: Double Boot Windows + Antergos (Both on SSD)

Source: Ulric step-by-step (for touchpad solution) & rEFInd tutorial for installing the boot manager

Knowledge:

• need to know basic command for cmd / powershell
• need to know how to make liveusb from rufus (either windows installer usb / linux live usb)
• coffee, for the patience

The-not-so-good-how-to (Beware ! do it at your own risk !)

1. On the eMMC’s windows, download rEFInd (you can find it at http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/getting.html) – Choose the binary zip one
2. Extract it, and open the CMD or PowerShell (Run as Adminitrator)
3. Follow the Step-By-Step listed on here (http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#windows) — This is what you need to type on the powershell / cmd
   • mountvol S: /S
   • cd \path\to\your\extracted\refind-binary-zip\  –>  example: cd \Users\Utaminna\Downloads\refind-bin-0.10.9\
   • xcopy /E refind S:\EFI\refind\
   • S:
   • cd EFI\refind
   • rename refind.conf.sample refind.conf
   • bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi 
     • IF THIS COMMAND doesnt work, try to use the double quote on the {bootmgr} –>bcdedit /set “{bootmgr}” path \EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi
4. After this step-by-step is done, rEFInd is installed, try to reboot the windows, and now your bootmgr will be changed to rEFInd instead of the normal windows one 🙂
5. If refind is installed, you can try to boot the windows installer USB / linux live USB (must be the UEFI one, dont use the BIOS one !)

Tips:

1. Install Windows first, then install linux, dont install linux first, then install windows.
2. When installing the windows, I did NOT wiping the eMMC EFI partition and he RECOVERY, only deleting the Windows on eMMC partition. –> this is bad practice, because you cant swipe the ssd to the other pc instantly.
3. For installing the linux, when partitioning, DONT install the bootmanager (GRUB / whatever else), choose the /boot the same one as windows EFI partition / where the refind is)
4. After installing the linux, you will find out that the touchpad (this notebook is awesome, only this touchpad have the problem !)is not working, so you need to use usb mouse for a while, follow the ulric instruction for the mod, posted by UoF (this link http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/jumper-ezbook-3-pro-can%27t-boot-from-usb-most-of-common-linux-distros-4175605766/page2.html)
   • Some distros doesnt use the update-initframs anymore, so instead of using the update-initframs, you need to use mkinitcpio

I’m attaching my gparted partition (/boot/efi on emmc, windows10 & antergos on sda1 / SSD)

 

That’s all, hope u can install and run it well 🙂

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