Grub cannot detect Windows 8 partition (Yields error)

Hi! I have installed Archlinux in my Samsung ATIV Book 4.
sudo blkid
yields,
/dev/sda2: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="648265F58265CBDC" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="594f6bb6-b7f3-4663-8f77-f9473da45702"
/dev/sda5: UUID="30D66A21D669E814" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="df174719-57b3-4d9b-982c-536f33faac55"
/dev/sda8: LABEL="Metanoia" UUID="1c886c4c-d6f4-4a9f-8f42-082abb95dccd" TYPE="xfs" PARTUUID="8b16bd95-1858-4395-a92a-69817e318469"
/dev/sda1: PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="067cfb82-ff81-4398-9b66-09821a442c0f"
/dev/sda3: UUID="7467-9968" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI system partition" PARTUUID="ba5109ac-f01c-4838-9334-0ef9c667cb2f"
/dev/sda4: PARTLABEL="Microsoft reserved partition" PARTUUID="1de2e683-b553-4bba-99b9-b67350177d3d"
/dev/sda6: UUID="b1554842-1ae8-40bc-8422-abe9a412ce95" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="Anoia" PARTUUID="19a1c96d-f1ed-4d43-ba39-b7227503d3cf"
/dev/sda7: UUID="2d51872f-57af-4523-bd9a-c42b2f25eeec" TYPE="jfs" PARTLABEL="Pronoia" PARTUUID="704783d2-0630-4297-83fa-da9daef22dfc"
I have disabled secure/fast boot. Have installed dosfstools, mtools, and ntfs-3g.
My fstab is
UUID=b1554842-1ae8-40bc-8422-abe9a412ce95 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# /dev/sda7
UUID=2d51872f-57af-4523-bd9a-c42b2f25eeec /home jfs rw,relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda3
UUID=7467-9968 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 2
bootmgfw.efi is at /boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
I have installed both archlinux and Windows in UEFI-GPT mode.
When I followed Wiki instructions, and tried to regenerate grub, I receive
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initramfs image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initramfs image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
No volume groups found
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/sda3@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
error: out of memory.
error: syntax error.
error: Incorrect command.
error: syntax error.
Syntax error at line 216
Syntax errors are detected in generated GRUB config file.
Ensure that there are no errors in /etc/default/grub
and /etc/grub.d/* files or please file a bug report with
/boot/grub/grub.cfg.new file attached.
done
What should I do to dual boot with Windows?
My /etc/grub.d/40-custom file is
#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
if [ "${grub_platform}" == "efi" ]; then
menuentry "Microsoft Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 UEFI-GPT" {
insmod part_gpt
insmod fat
insmod search_fs_uuid
insmod chain
search --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt3 7467-9968
chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
fi
/boot/grub/grub.cfg is this
When I select give Windows the highest priority, I receive a grub error. (When I manually try to load Windows from UEFI shell using fs0:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi or bootx64.efi, I receive "error: file '/boot/grub/x86_64-efi/normal.mod' not found. Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue >")
I know I the Windows 8 bootloader is there because I can boot into Windows from Grub if I install Ubuntu and run boot-repair.
Tried this as well but nothing changes.
Here is my /etc/default/grub
Last edited by celebrimbor (2014-04-17 12:10:27)

Thanks Visruth. I managed to get the Windows 8.1 up and running without the the recovery partition.
On another topic, on the previous Windows 8.1 system. (before I deleted and reinstalled it, I downloaded recovery to a usb flash drive. THe RECOVERYflash drive contains 3 foldes named boot, efi and sources and also two files in the root diectory of the RECOVERYusb flash drive named bootmgr and bootmgr.efi. How would I use these files and folders, (for future reference)?

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Any tips would be great. I'm not sure where to go from here.
And yes you're right it should be /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft. I have /boot/EFI/EFI/arch-grub but not Microsoft in there
Last edited by Aquila (2013-09-30 01:58:24)

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