12-01-2018, 12:30 AM
Thank you firenice03. I will browse those links you suggested. I've read quite a bit about shrinking volumes in windows beforehand and I've used Gparted before. But I was not aware of the experimental UEFI version. Cool man cool.
I like the idea of splitting the SSD for the two OS. It bothered me that it seems like a lot of wasted space to have windows using 120 G and LL using 120 G and then having all storage on the HD. I guess in hindsight, I should have ordered the desktop with 120 G SSD. Although maybe with all the extra unused space, that SSD will last even longer?
The boot loader part is the most confusing. Seems like a lot of things can go wrong dealing with the boot loader. In the past, I simply installed LL on my system and was done. With the dual boot, I've not seen the options and menus associated with this configuration and I assume there must be a bit of text asking where to put the boot and hopefully it becomes clear what I should do at that point. I'll just have to try it and see what happens.
The other thing that I'm worried about is setting Linux and windows to use the same data folders on the hard drive. Maybe no big deal. Uncertain when the new computer will be delivered but once it comes I'll tackle the dual boot. Probably another week or so. I'll leave this post open for a few days and then close it. If I have problems, I'll open a new thread. Thanks again! Have a good weekend.
I like the idea of splitting the SSD for the two OS. It bothered me that it seems like a lot of wasted space to have windows using 120 G and LL using 120 G and then having all storage on the HD. I guess in hindsight, I should have ordered the desktop with 120 G SSD. Although maybe with all the extra unused space, that SSD will last even longer?
The boot loader part is the most confusing. Seems like a lot of things can go wrong dealing with the boot loader. In the past, I simply installed LL on my system and was done. With the dual boot, I've not seen the options and menus associated with this configuration and I assume there must be a bit of text asking where to put the boot and hopefully it becomes clear what I should do at that point. I'll just have to try it and see what happens.
The other thing that I'm worried about is setting Linux and windows to use the same data folders on the hard drive. Maybe no big deal. Uncertain when the new computer will be delivered but once it comes I'll tackle the dual boot. Probably another week or so. I'll leave this post open for a few days and then close it. If I have problems, I'll open a new thread. Thanks again! Have a good weekend.