On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> wrote:
> On 02/01/18 20:52, leegold wrote: > >> in addition it says: gpt >> > > All I can offer is what I found when installing on a Dell XPS 15 > > GPT is some type of partition format, I think. I had to use gparted while > booted from the USB in order to reformat with gpt. > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018, at 11:50 AM, leegold wrote: >> >>> What should I know to install 16.04 64 onto a Toshiba laptop with UEFI? >>> >> > I was told several times (and I had concluded anyway) that I should *not* > use UEFI. > > Or should I install newest non-LTS 17.10 version (but I read there were >>> some nasty issues with UEFI and 17.10). >>> >>> Do I need to disable secure boot? Assume I do. >>> >> > I set the BOOS to secure boot disabled, and legacy boot enabled (ie no > UEFI). That worked. > > Shrunk C: for Linux space. The HD has 5 partitions. From “left to right”: >>> >>> 300MB Recovery >>> 100MB EFI System >>> C: 500GB “where the exiting Win10 lives” >>> 92GB Unallocated, gained from shrinking C:, aim to put / and swap >>> parts. there. >>> 891MB Recovery >>> >> > My assumption would be that the 4th partition is the one that needs > establishing as GPT before formatting. But I may have misunderstood this, > as I was using the whole disk. > > From what I read Grub has to “play nice” with EFI. My question is, when >>> I install, where do I install Grub? What do I do? I see an EFI partition >>> and don’t want to “hose” anything. There are lots of recopies and >>> concoctions when I google. >>> >> > I don't know the answer to this as it's a dual boot. I assume that Linux > installers will see that Windows is installed, and put a working Grub on > the boot area of the primary partition. Apparently in a single-install > (Linux-only), the installers no longer create a boot partition but install > Grub on the main partition. > > But again, this is largely guesswork on my part — as you say, the web > pages disagree wildly. > > ///Peter > > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm > an/listinfo/xubuntu-users > FWI, this article should shine some light into the process: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI Ubuntu being the parent to Xubuntu should clear some information up. Personally, if you had it to spare I would pull the original HDD and put another in (any small HDD of 50GB+ would do) to at least practice the dual boot unless you can protect the recovery partition. In Linux avoiding it is usually straight forward. Wish I had more info. I burned all my Windows machines some time ago and went with Linux like Cortez and his ships. I have helped business clients build dual boot systems, though it has been a minute. HIT. Fred
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