dual boot ?

[Doug McGarrett]

On 5/20/20 6:01 PM, José Queiroz wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Is dual boot a requirement? Setting off a Virtual Machine can be much easer, and gives almost the same results.
> The main beneficts are that you don't need repartitioning at all, and may have both systems available at same time.
> 
> Em qua., 20 de mai. de 2020 às 18:34, Bob <accessys at smart.net <mailto:accessys at smart.net>> escreveu:
> 
> 
>     been a while since I helped someone set up a computer to dual boot.
> 
>     brain is having a hard disk seek error
> 
> 
>     I have partition magic (8.0)
>     and Kubuntu 18.4 (which is what they want)
> 
>     they have their windoze disk.
> 
>     I know windoze has to go on first but is that before or after
>     partitioning??
> 
>     thanks
>     Bob
> 
> 
You can install Windows first (or a new machine will surely come with Windows installed). It is then possible to shrink 
the last of the Windows partitions down as far as you wish using GParted, running from a CD. On this computer, which I
bought new, I shrunk the last Windows partition, on which the system actually operates, down to 100 GiB. I don't use 
Windows for much of anything, and there is still about 25% of that 100 GiB available. I don't know anything about using 
a Windows partitioner. It is all confusing with drive letters and Microsoft crap. YMMV!
--doug