I have an Omen laptop with a Ryzen 7 and RTX 3060, equipped with two SSDs. Every time I attempt to dual boot a Linux distribution that uses GRUB, Windows throws a blue screen of death (BSOD) whenever I try to boot into it. Sometimes, it takes me 2 to 3 attempts just to get back to Windows. I tried using Pop!_OS since it doesn't change the boot loader, forcing me to switch manually between Windows and Linux, but I'm not a fan of Pop! Can anyone suggest a way to resolve this issue?
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I dual boot Windows 11 and Debian on separate drives, switching the boot order in the BIOS. It might simplify your situation if you try this setup. It works well for me!
Dual booting is supposed to work with any distro. Just make sure you're using GRUB (in UEFI mode) and enable os-prober to detect Windows and add it to your boot menu.
You're right, it should. I have GRUB running with Windows entries, but it seems like the EFI files might be corrupted, which complicates things since both OS are on different drives.
I gave this a shot with Ubuntu, but it auto-detected Windows and created an entry that led to the same BSOD when booting. Seems like I still run into problems!