06-11-2018, 10:57 PM
(06-11-2018, 10:13 PM)JesusLinux link Wrote: Hello
Not yet, since I'm having little time at the moment.
I intend to dual boot 2 linux distros on my old laptop with 80GB HD space.This will be my "Linux Machine" that I intend to use to learn more about Linux in general.
So I'm thinking about this layout:
20GB for distro 1
20GB for distro 22/4GB Swap partitionthe rest of the space for a /home folder that can be accessed by either distro.
I already have one distro installed, so should I use Gparted to set the partitions and then install distro 2?
I have no idea why you want to install 2 Linuxes in such a small HD but of course it can be done.
However, I stronly suggest installing only Linux Lite but that is just my 5 cents
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OK, Let us install those two distros.
I suggest that you partition your HD using Linux Lite 4.0 USB / CD / DVD / SD or whatever
but not install it yet. Just boot from it and it will bring on a live Linux Lite which is only in RAM memory
and you can use the following methods to prepare your HD for the actual installations.
Why this? Because it forces your installations to be stable. I will explain about this more if
you want but let's partition your HD first.
So, you have booted the Lite 4.0 from USB or other external media...
You are in a RAM-only session. Please open the terminal. You will find it.
Then, these partition instructions are from my previous post but please check it out
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/insta...supported/
Just modify these rules for 2 distros ( create 4 partitions ) and for those 2 swap partitions, 1048576 sectors
for each of them is enough.
Feel free to ask more if you have trouble to install them