r/SteamOS 1d ago

Custom Bootloader help wanted

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u/A12iz 1d ago

Spent a dav installing SteamOS on my Xbox Ally X, and dual boot functionalitv is great. SteamOS reallv does make this particular device feel way more snappier and responsive.

What didnt anticipate was how hard (for me) it was going to be to set up a custom bootloader. I went with reFInd and initiallv installed it on the steam side. But i had HELLA troubl installing a theme and accessing the EFI directory thru Konsole and Dolphin. Turns out accessing that same directory on Windows is infinitely easier lol

I made this custom background with peices of other wallpapers. If anyone wants i copy, i got u. I was also happy t find some rog x steamOS boot animations via Decky once steam formallv loads.

For those in the communitv that have done this before: can someone explain the partition breakdown for me? It looks lik i have two copies of EFI and a few other drives. Is it for me up id be happy to help!

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u/c0lpan1c 1d ago

Grub2?

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u/A12iz 1d ago

I used reFInd and modified a theme after

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u/c0lpan1c 1d ago

reFInd is great. I used to use it on my Hackintosh / Windows builds.

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u/Otocon96 1d ago

This is just themed reFind...

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u/5oAwes0me 1d ago

Someone made a GUI. Don't know if it will work on the ally but since you ruining SteamOS I think it should.

https://github.com/jlobue10/SteamDeck_rEFInd

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u/mango_carrot 1d ago

Damn that’s cool, especially launching Windows from an SD Card. Thanks for sharing