Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
On 22/12/2019 18:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, sudo -i parted /dev/sda unit B print Model: ATA ST500LM012 HN-M5 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 500107862016B It's not the 1 TB that you thought then? $ units 500107862016B bytes 465 GiB + 780 MiB + 24 KiB Yeah, my mistake, but still plenty large enough for me. Peter -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
Hi Peter, > > sudo -i parted /dev/sda unit B print > > Model: ATA ST500LM012 HN-M5 (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdb: 500107862016B It's not the 1 TB that you thought then? $ units 500107862016B bytes 465 GiB + 780 MiB + 24 KiB -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
On Sunday, 22 December 2019 16:10:59 GMT PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > >> After a look around with Dr. Google, my impression is that the partition > >> flagged as data is a computer (Lenovo in this case) manufacturers > >> partition for putting data when a recovery is being done. On that basis > >> I have deleted it and created a new partition for all the Unallocated > >> space. Tomorrow we will se what happens. Hmmm. You never mentioned a partition named data. I would assume that is the one called diag that you mentioned earlier. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
On 22/12/2019 14:18, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: On 22/12/2019 13:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, When I try to install dual boot Kubuntu At the point where I want to create the linux partitions I can't because W10 has 4 primary partitions and that is all that are allowed. So the extra space is inaccessible. After a look around with Dr. Google, my impression is that the partition flagged as data is a computer (Lenovo in this case) manufacturers partition for putting data when a recovery is being done. On that basis I have deleted it and created a new partition for all the Unallocated space. Tomorrow we will se what happens. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
On 22/12/2019 13:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, When I try to install dual boot Kubuntu At the point where I want to create the linux partitions I can't because W10 has 4 primary partitions and that is all that are allowed. So the extra space is inaccessible. If you boot from a live Linux USB stick, what's the output of sudo -i parted /dev/sda unit B print substituting /dev/sda for the system's hard disk. Model: ATA ST500LM012 HN-M5 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 500107862016B Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1048576B 105906175B 104857600B primary ntfs boot 2 105906176B 13580107775B 13474201600B primary ntfs 3 13580107776B 184598881791B 171018774016B primary ntfs 4 499172507648B 500106788863B 934281216B primary ntfs diag This does not show the unallocated area. Gparted gives me: /dev/sdb1 NTFS 'System reserved' size 100MB boot /dev/sdb2 NTFS 'RECOVERY' 12.55GB /dev/sdb3 (locked) NTFS 'WINDOWS' 159.2GB gives a mount point peterm/dev/WINDOWS in gparted unallocated unallocated 292.97GB /dev/sdb4 NTFS 891MB diag unallocated unallocated 1.02MB I kind of would like to keep the W10 stuff just in case someone absolutely INSISTS that they can only work with that. responding to Terry, unlike WXP, I was able to take the spinning rust out of the laptop and plug it in to my PC instead of the usual disk, and it fired up and worked OK. That's how I was able to reset W10. Not worried about piracy as it came from a refurb laptop and I have the sticky label saying so. Peter -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
Hi Peter, > When I try to install dual boot Kubuntu At the point where I want to > create the linux partitions I can't because W10 has 4 primary > partitions and that is all that are allowed. So the extra space is > inaccessible. If you boot from a live Linux USB stick, what's the output of sudo -i parted /dev/sda unit B print substituting /dev/sda for the system's hard disk. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:22:01 +, Terry Coles wrote: > Normally a typical > Windows installation would only use two; the 'C:' Drive and, in > later installations, the Recovery Partition. If it's a newish > laptop there will also be a UEFI partition, but what the fourth one > for? I was surprised to hear from my Dad, who was trying to make a recovery USB drive, that Windows 10 can apparently not only have more than one Recovery Partition, but that it can automatically expand a recovery partition backwards into space formerly occupied by the "C: drive" partition, without user intervention! I think there might also be another kind of partition that Windows uses, but I'm not really au fait with that. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator
Hi Tim, > I have made a small script that pops up an image when I press the > caps-lock key, its is not perfect but at least I get a warning that I > have pressed\tapped the caps lock key. Was disabling the key not an option? > export DISPLAY=:0.0 ... > I think if I set display to :0.1 it display on the laptop screen Yes, first number is the X server's ‘display’ on that machine. A display is one or more screens, and input devices like keyboard and mouse. Second number is the screen within that display. > so how can I get it to display on both? Do what you're doing, whatever that is, twice with different values of DISPLAY. Or see if notify-send(1) is sufficient for your purposes and if your desktop environment can display notifications on all screens. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
On Sunday, 22 December 2019 09:36:35 GMT PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > I have been given a dead Laptop and am trying to use the 1TB hard disk out > of it. It is W10 and I have reset W10 to get rid of all the previous owners > stuff, and then I used a windows utility to shrink the Windows space and > create some free disk. Do you want to retain the Windows 10 installation, or are you simply trying to make use of the disc in a Linux installation? > When I try to install dual boot Kubuntu At the point where I want to create > the linux partitions I can't because W10 has 4 primary partitions and that > is all that are allowed. So the extra space is inaccessible. That's true. > I am not sure what my next steps could be. Can I convert a W10 partition to > be an extended partition, or even be devilish and blow away the recovery > partition? > > Appreciate your thoughts. Well if it was me, I'd delete all of the existing partitions and start with a pristine 1 TB of free space. You don't say what the four existing partitions are for. Normally a typical Windows installation would only use two; the 'C:' Drive and, in later installations, the Recovery Partition. If it's a newish laptop there will also be a UEFI partition, but what the fourth one for? I would also suggest that trying to run the Windows installation when the disc is plugged into another machine is likely to fail unless you have the original Windows code. Even then, you may be accused of being a pirate ;-) -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
[Dorset] Dual Boot W10/Linux partition problem
I have been given a dead Laptop and am trying to use the 1TB hard disk out of it. It is W10 and I have reset W10 to get rid of all the previous owners stuff, and then I used a windows utility to shrink the Windows space and create some free disk. When I try to install dual boot Kubuntu At the point where I want to create the linux partitions I can't because W10 has 4 primary partitions and that is all that are allowed. So the extra space is inaccessible. I am not sure what my next steps could be. Can I convert a W10 partition to be an extended partition, or even be devilish and blow away the recovery partition? Appreciate your thoughts. Peter -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
