Re: [orca-list] Installing linux with windows 10

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

Hi,

Just to mention an experience in the past with a dual boot installation: 
it could happen that after an update of Windows the grub is damaged. So 
then there will be a problem to start Windows or Ubuntu.

Milton

Op 30-01-2021 om 16:24 schreef Didier Spaier via orca-list:
> PS In any case, be careful not to shrink too much the Windows system 
> volume:
> keep at least 32G above the minimum size as a Windows update can need 
> that
> amount of space to be applied (thanks Jean-Pierre André, developer of 
> ntfs-3G,
> for this information)
>
> Didier
>
> Le 30/01/2021 à 15:19, Didier Spaier via orca-list a écrit :
> > Hello Daniel,
> >
> > My advice is to shrink the partition (or volume, in Windows parlance) 
> > from
> > Windows itself before installing Ubuntu. Hopefully the Ubuntu 
> > installer should
> > the be able to find the space you will have freed and install Ubuntu 
> > there.
> > You will have to check as I don't use Ubuntu.
> >
> > I have written instructions here for Slint (but this should work for any
> > distribution as the commands are to be typed in Windows):
> > http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/New_Installer/Doc_in_the_installer/FreeSpace 
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Didier
> >
> >
> > Le 30/01/2021 à 14:33, Daniel McGee via orca-list a écrit :
> > > So after playing around with various distros, I have decided to go 
> > > with ubuntu mate. However, I also still want to keep windows 10 so I 
> > > can duel boot.
> > >
> > > The question I have though is. When I boot up to the ubuntu mate 
> > > installer and tell it to install along side windows, will it take 
> > > care of the Partitioning itself? Manually splitting the two drives 
> > > is what's putting me off. As I don't want to mess my win10 setup up.
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