How to add Windows 10 Boot Entry to GRUB on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux

Contents

Step-1 (Check the Windows 10 Bootable NTFS partitions)Step-2 (Add a Windows 10 boot entry to Alma / Rocky / Amazon Linux)Step-3 (Update the GRUB2 boot loader)Step-4 (Restart the system to check status)

GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) that is the default bootloader for AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Amazon Linux. All system when installed with the EL distribution to respective dual boot with Microsoft windows 10. The add Windows 10 Boot menu to respective GRUB based bootloader. You need to follow every steps of given tutorial below.

Step-1 (Check the Windows 10 Bootable NTFS partitions)

# fdisk -l

Sample Output

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 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 label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x6b07969f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 143566847 71680000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 426172416 488393119 31110352 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 143566910 426172319 141302705 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 143566912 365514751 110973920 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6 365527008 426172319 30322656 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition table entries are not in disk order

Here you see that * in the front of /dev/sda1 bootable drive

Note : Here you need to note the bootable drive for Windows 10. In this tutorial bootable drive of windows 10 is /dev/sda1 .

Step-2 (Add a Windows 10 boot entry to Alma / Rocky / Amazon Linux)

# vim /etc/grub.d/40_custom

Add a following lines to the files and replace the /dev/sda1 with your mount point.

#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
menuentry "Windows 10 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
chainloader +1
}
menuentry 'Windows 10 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-8EC01928C0191853' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 8EC01928C0191853
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 8EC01928C0191853
fi
parttool ${root} hidden-
chainloader +1
}

to save and exit :wq!

Step-3 (Update the GRUB2 boot loader)

# grub2-mkconfig --output=/boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Sample Output

Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-b292a5b69a2343149ed86f7e6fe782c8
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-b292a5b69a2343149ed86f7e6fe782c8.img
Found Windows 10 (loader) on /dev/sda1
done