Ally X: The ULTIMATE Bazzite Dual Boot Setup Guide in 9 Easy Steps

Thank you! But when I did all this, my Windows cannot see the SD card that has games downloaded from SteamOS(Bazzite), how can i fix that?

I'm still not sure if i should do this or not. The videos of games running smoother because of the pre shader rendering and the sleep function are close enough to win me over. But i also use Game Pass so switching back and forth does seem like a chore. And game sharing just seems like a waste of installing Bazzite in the first place. I'm currently using Playnite and it works pretty good especially with all my emulator stuff. I had to manually add MAME(2003,2010 and midway) to it so i'd be scared that i wont have access to that in Bazzite..

Oh well, another great tutorial however. If i do end up getting a new SSD i'll follow his guide and give it a shot.

I am pretty sure is there a way to use as game directory part of your ssd , I mean we can split C for windows (150gb) D for Bazzite also (150gb) and E for only game directory big part more thn 3 Gb so windows and steam os can use same folder & directory without a issues. I seen a video about that and it is best way to use dual boot.

There is no reason to ever boot a game & not run lossless scaling. As long as it’s not pvp, I suppose. But I can’t imagine why you would ever install Linux & ever boot a game & not have lossless scaling running b/c lossless doesn’t work on Linux. Just run lossless 100% of the time. & don’t bother with Linux until Linux can run it. & if it can’t ever run it, then into the dust bin it goes.

couldn't you at this point simply partition the ssd into 3 different drive.
let's say 100Gb for windows an other 100Gb for bazzite and the rest as a second drive that you simply store all game on this one that can be share thecnically this would be the best way to do

Thank you for this amazing and easy to understand tutorial. I am currently in the process of doing exactly this right now. Also I think there is a way to make a folder that windows and steam can share the downloads. Cheers🎉 and thank you 🙏

password "universalblue" doesn't works, can't go after this one

Do we have to get a new ssd to install Bazzite . can I not just use my standard 1T ssd that comes with the alloy

bazzite fails to do the automatic partition not sure why

off-topic, but is there a general setting on Ryujinx on the ROG Ally to make the games run smooth, cos even on default settings to the emulator itself, cos mario wonder doesn't run well at all, and even switching to performance or turbo mode doesn't do Anything.

Press volume up instead, skip the bios

Interesting! Didn't know, that there is no need to setup partitions manually in bazzite installation, as long as there is "unused partition" created in Windows? Was a bit hesitant about this, so went with the manual partitioning (cyber dopamines dual boot video tutorial).

first tip when successfully dual booting bazzite:

DONT EVER UPDATE WINDOWS BIOS.

super helpful tutorial! i was running into some issues with the partition process due to immovable files (even after factory resetting the drive...) but simply using a third party partition manager solved it and from there it went just as smooth as you showed. thank you so much!

I bricked my ROG Ally X following these instructions - tried to take out the battery and it disconnected from the board. Looks like it’s going to be a costly mistake.

I successfully dual booted windows and bazzite! Thanks!

Do you know how to disable the top LED while in sleep mode? It just blinks and flashes continuously.

I was going just to Move on after following your tutorial (like I always do with tutorial videos), but the bonus treat phrase made me like and suscribe. Keep the good work, the tutorial was clear and the slow pace voice that you use relaxed me a bit in this stressful process.

thank you for all your tuto !!! LOVE IT

I went back into windows after following this guide and it says “automatic repair couldn’t repair your pc” I am trying to get windows to work now but I don’t want to delete my steamos. Help if you can please

Does EMUDECK runs better on bazzite ?

If I don’t install 4tb ssd how much shrink size should I do? And do I have to use usb flash driver to install bazzite?

How’d you get Astrobot running on the Ally X?

would this hard drive work SAMSUNG 990 PRO SSD 4TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 -- once you remove the one that comes with ally x how do install all the stuff that comes with ally x windows and ect?

Hi, does anyone know if there is a really simple method for booting back into windows and vice versa to Linux rather than having to change the boot order in bios?

Why you can share sd card with your os? I thought you need to switch it's format of reading/writing format for sd card? Which can brake symlink functionality in wine in steam os, which probably applies to bazzalt too

Just completed this ty pete

What keyboard and trackpad is that?

I want to make window an default os

How did you get the ui looking like that when in Bazzite ?

You can press Volume+ while booting to get into the boot selector directly without getting into the BIOS. It works like a charm.

This may never be seen by anyone else, but I just wanted to make sure people aren't making mistakes that end in Bazzite boot eventually failing, or causing issues in the long run.

To start, many tutorials on dual-booting Bazzite and Windows miss some key steps that are vital to long-term stability. Some also advocate using shared storage for games, which - if you happen to do a deep enough search outside of YT - has resulted in some games not running correctly after switching between Windows and Bazzite, and necessitating frustrating reinstalls. To prevent this going forward, you have to have a separate UEFI partition for Windows and Bazzite, and I would advocate you NOT share a partition between the two; just install the games you want to play on each OS partition, separately. This may require reinstalling Bazzite, if you've run into issues already, unfortunately.

Before the Bazzite reinstallation process, you should turn off Bitlocker in Windows and let it decrypt. You should then turn off Secure Boot.

Next - you probably see most tutorials walking you through installing Bazzite by doing an automatic partition/installation during the actual install screen. As of what I can tell right now, this ends up sharing an EFI partition with Windows. This can 'break' anytime windows does an update, whether or not you have secure boot on.

If you partition for Bazzite manually during the actuall install screen, it allows you to set up a separate partition for the Bazzite EFI. Please see "SteamOS dual boot tutorial for ROG Ally/Legion Go" from YT channel Cyber Dopamine for step by step instructions.

At the end, that creator makes just one mistake by skipping past the step to allow secure boot signing on Bazzite (MOK) - for help on this, see "Dual-booting Windows 11 & Bazzite with secure boot enabled" by Mike's Tech Tips (new password is 'universalblue', not 'ublue-os', by the way). End with enabling encryption on Bazzite desktop mode through the KDE Wallet System (choose 'classic blowfish encrypted file').

Then, after absolutely everything is done , you can go back and turn on secure boot in the BIOS, which will enable it for both OSs.

Hope that helps.

When i tried enter the MOK key universalblue it says keys not match

Universalblue key is not working what ti do

Great video! I’ve been keen to try this on my Rog Ally, but know that as soon as I do steam will release the official steamOS version! Think I’m just going to wait.

Does installing bazzite delete everything you currently have on the ally ?

anyone can get the game library sharing via the SD card working? the games just show up as "non-steam" on the respective opposite OS

This is by far the best guide to install Bazzite. Great job. Just have a question: If I want to install Bazzite without dual booting, I don't need Windows. How do I do this? Just install it on the total SSD storage?

Is it A LOT better than windows?
Also, does going in windows and in steam OS work without WiFi?

Thank you for an amazing detailed video! 🌷🙏

Nice tutorial . I want to install Bazzite on my Legion Go I assume the procedure is the same but I dont have a physical keyboard and mouse will I able to install it ?

Wheres the link for the ssd? Xxx

can I use an SD card instead of a USB?

Thank you for taking the time to make this video and I love pancake, I’m about to install bazzite on my Ally X and I have a 4tb usb ssd can i use it as extra storage for Steam same as an sd card?

Thanks for the guide it really helped!

is there any way to remove black bars on the bazzite partition? i’ve seen people do 1080x800 with no black bars, i disabled gpu scaling and set it to full panel through windows and i even did all the steps to enable the steam deck scaling options and it still doesn’t full screen.

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