had to disable secure mode in my bios and left it at uefi rather than legacy mode (this was a mistake on my part having not properly read the literature)
grub installed, os-prober even found win8. however it was failing.
The below is an example of getting grub2 to work
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#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# 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.
menuentry "Windows (UEFI)" {
search --set=root --file /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
i'm sure i changed the -set= part to point to the drive
i'll update when i am at my laptop tomorrow