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My setup uses awesome window manager (installed with apt) rofi for file runner, basically what I use the windows key for on windows (installed with apt) kitty terminal (installed from kitty website)

Fixing Grub

Grub not showing up

After the minimal installation, you may face the issue of the grub not showing up. Thus, we click on yes for post installation configuration and then run the following commands sequentially:

pacman -Sy grub efibootmgr dosfstools mtools

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Then exit and shutdown the system and then boot it up again.

Windows not showing up in Grub

If you have Windows installed and it is not showing up in the grub, then run the following commands sequentially:

• Install os-prober, if not already installed:

  pacman -S os-prober

• Edit the file etc/default/grub and add the following line:

  GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

• Update the grub configuration:

  grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

How to revive arch linux after any windows updates?

1. Boot into the arch linux live usb.

2. Connect to the internet and update all the packages as follows:

   pacman -Sy

3. Mount the root partition of the arch linux to /mnt and the boot partition to /mnt/boot like:

   mount /dev/nvme0n1p5 /mnt

   mount /dev/nvme0n1p6 /mnt/boot

   arch-chroot /mnt

4. Run the grub-install and grub-mkconfig commands as mentioned above.