On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:43:42PM -0500, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Sam Jorna <wra...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:09:14PM -0500, R0b0t1 wrote: > >> It should just work if you create space for it. There are admonitions > >> to install Windows first as people claim it will destroy a disk, but > >> I'm not sure if it ever did this, and it seems to work well with > >> whatever you give it. > > > > It may not destroy any existing partitions, but it will overwrite any > > bootloader you had installed (and/or reset boot order) on the install > > disk. > > > > If you perform an EFI installation it can't delete your bootloader > (unless you modify the partition it's on). > > The second one I didn't think of.
Indeed, it won't necessarily destroy the entire ESP, but it will reset the boot order to point to the Windows booloader, and I suspect it will overwrite anything at ESP:EFI\Boot. -- Sam Jorna (wraeth) GnuPG Key: D6180C26
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