11-20-2015, 10:48 AM
@Wirezfree,
antenor is correct on both counts: only one Swap needed and will be used by both Mint and LL; and install Mint's grub to its Root partition and LL's grub to MBR of whatever drive is set to boot the computer (I'm assuming that will be /dev/sda).
If friend doesn't use hibernation, then you could get away with no Swap, but might not be bad idea to have a small 1-2GB Swap just in case it's ever needed. For hibernation make one Swap slightly larger than 16GB.
If installing Mint first, you can install grub to MBR so that you're able to boot into new install and check it before installing LL. But be sure to then install LL's grub to MBR (overwriting Mint's) afterwards to make sure LL is in charge of booting. If you install Mint after LL, then make sure you direct boot loader to its root partition. Then log into LL and update grub to add Mint to boot menu:
LL's grub code was altered a bit to make dual boots with Windows easier, (I think), but causes errors and won't boot LL when trying to multi-boot with other Linux distros if their grub is in charge of booting. So, when multi-booting with other distros always make sure LL's grub is the one installed to the MBR and controlling the boot process to avoid having to manually edit grub files to boot LL.
Just to clear up any remaining confusion, if no grub is put on the MBR that would mean Windows boot loader remains in charge of booting. In that case, Windows would not "see" the Linux distro(s) installed and you wouldn't be able to boot into them. That's when you would need a tool like EasyBCD installed on Windows. Grub on the MBR will recognize Windows and boot it, but Windows boot loader won't do that with Linux.
antenor is correct on both counts: only one Swap needed and will be used by both Mint and LL; and install Mint's grub to its Root partition and LL's grub to MBR of whatever drive is set to boot the computer (I'm assuming that will be /dev/sda).
If friend doesn't use hibernation, then you could get away with no Swap, but might not be bad idea to have a small 1-2GB Swap just in case it's ever needed. For hibernation make one Swap slightly larger than 16GB.
If installing Mint first, you can install grub to MBR so that you're able to boot into new install and check it before installing LL. But be sure to then install LL's grub to MBR (overwriting Mint's) afterwards to make sure LL is in charge of booting. If you install Mint after LL, then make sure you direct boot loader to its root partition. Then log into LL and update grub to add Mint to boot menu:
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sudo update-grubLL's grub code was altered a bit to make dual boots with Windows easier, (I think), but causes errors and won't boot LL when trying to multi-boot with other Linux distros if their grub is in charge of booting. So, when multi-booting with other distros always make sure LL's grub is the one installed to the MBR and controlling the boot process to avoid having to manually edit grub files to boot LL.
Just to clear up any remaining confusion, if no grub is put on the MBR that would mean Windows boot loader remains in charge of booting. In that case, Windows would not "see" the Linux distro(s) installed and you wouldn't be able to boot into them. That's when you would need a tool like EasyBCD installed on Windows. Grub on the MBR will recognize Windows and boot it, but Windows boot loader won't do that with Linux.
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