#Install clover bootloader on ssd how to
#Install clover bootloader on ssd driver

I then changed order ( NOTE: no spaces allowed in boot var item list) to prioritize the Manjaro boot manager over Windows boot manager (which was Clover-modified so it loads the NVMe driver for me).

Figured out syntax for adding driver reference (simply include -r switch to perform operations on efibootmgr -r -c -l NvmExpressDxe.efiĭriver0000* Linux HD(1,GPT,3522000f-d2e4-4fb7-8950-40d276d124ba,0x800,0xfa000)/File(NvmExpressDxe.efi).

Logged in as su and copied the driver file that Clover uses “NvmExpressDxe.efi” to boot/efi.

The hardest part was trying to specify the driver using efibootmgr as the documentation regarding the driver option is quite brief. I’m not sure I’m doing this correctly but I did try getting the default Manjaro boot manager to load the NVMe driver that Clover uses. I don’t necessarily understand it all but it was helpful.

Thanks for the tips! I read the wiki link and several more in addition to that.

#Install clover bootloader on ssd how to

My question is this: Any ideas on how to integrate the NVMe driver into the Manjaro boot manager for a more direct boot (instead of chaining boot managers like I have now)? By the way, I’ve dabbled in Linux before but it’s been a while so consider me a newbie. So I figured, since I’m already messing with the UEFI boot why not dual boot with Linux? I loved the live Manjaro experience and hope to make it work long term. Perhaps being a bit stubborn, I made it work using a tool called Clover EFI – it works only if I have the Clover tool installed either on a USB stick or on the HDD which loads a driver ( NvmExpressDxe-64.efi) to support NVMe access… then the original boot manager can point to the SSD and boot my OS’s. It is way too slow running off the HDD so I bought an SSD… unfortunately I bought a M.2 NVMe (WD Blue SN570) along with an adapter (Sabrent NVMe M.2 SSD to PCIe) but the BIOS does not seem to support this (even after updating to latest version released Nov-2021). I reinstalled Windows 10 using Dell Recovery on the existing 1 TB HDD. I have inherited a Dell Inspiron 3668 from a co-worker that was going to throw it away.