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

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

I think that this can happen if booting in Legacy mode with a MBR, less 
so if
booting in EFI mode with a GPT as then the OS loaders of GRUB and 
Windows are
two different files which won't erase each other. This is why the Slint
installer in 'auto' mode will allow to install Slint on the same drive as
Windows only if the machine booted in EFI mode and the drive has a GPT.

Didier

Le 30/01/2021 à 16:34, Milton a écrit :
> 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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