• bratorange@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    How do u want to repair Linux from ur windows system? There is not even a way to mount ext / zfs / btrfs / … into windows…

    • madthumbs@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      • WSL access to CLI as admin

      • troubleshoot hardware issues

      • use bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi to fix bootloader issue

      • can disable fast startup

      • create a boot repair USB

  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    3 days ago

    Have to boot to Windows to fix it

    Add it to the list of things that have literally never happened. A Linux LiveUSB/LiveCD? Sure

  • theredknight@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    3 days ago

    Most of this sub sounds like how old people explain tech problems badly. It’s clear they can’t be bothered to search and find out what is going on.

    Linux will let you break it. It isn’t meant for people who can’t be bothered with learning or consequences but insist on being superuser.

  • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    3 days ago

    I dual-booted for almost five years. Never once did I have to boot to Windows to fix Linux. Sometimes I’d have to boot to Linux to fix Windows or boot to a Linux live USB to fix the bootloader that Windows broke. But never did I have to use Windows to fix Linux.

    The very idea of using Windows to fix Linux seems absurd.

    • Jesus_666@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I can see two scenarios:

      1. You have an NTFS partition that got borked. Linux isn’t very good at repairing those so you might have to boot into Windows.
      2. You managed to make your Linux unbootable and need Windows to download a live USB image.

      And that’s it. Windows is less useful for fixing Linux than vice versa.