Questions about Linux Mint and this list

[Bret Busby]

On 19/7/22 5:42 am, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 at 17:41, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> The first question, is, because Linux Mint appears to not have a mailing
>> list equivalent of this one that we have for asking questions about
>> Ubuntu, and, because one of the variants (the most common one, I think)
>> of Linux Mint, is apparently, Ubuntu based, is it okay to ask questions
>> about Linux Mint, on this list?
> 
> The moderators do not like it. Some listmembers, like Ralf, don't either.
> 
> I don't mind. :-)
> 
>> The second question (assuming, and, hoping that it is okay), is, with
>> Linux Mint 20.3 (because, from  my understanding, especially, from the
>> article by Liam Proven, recently published on The Register web site,
>> Linux Mint 21 is at the beta testing stage, and, has, as yet, no known
>> or expected date of release), can it (relatively easily) be installed on
>> a computer with MS Windows 11 installed?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> As a matter of fact I dual-boot a laptop with Win11 and Mint 20.3.
> 
>> I am wondering whether the Linux Mint 20.3 (and 21,
>> when it is released), can be relatively easily installed, and,
>> dual/multiple boot (not concurrently, but, being able to choose which to
>> boot, having both or more OS's installed) on a computer that has MS
>> Windows 11 pre-installed on it, or, whether we would need separate
>> computers for running MS Windows 11 and Linux Mint.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> There are a few caveats. These mostly apply to Ubuntu too.
> 
> * Disable Secure Boot in the system firmware
> * If the onboard controller is in RAID mode, as my Dell's was:
>   - put Windows into Safe Mode (Google for how)
>   - switch the controller to AHCI mode
>   - reboot into Windows and let it re-detect the disk controller. Check
> it boots happily.
>   - disable Safe Mode, check it boots normally.
> * Now you can boot Mint from USB.
> * Install normally. I split my SSD 50:50 between the 2 OSes.
> 
> I wrote a blog post on how to clean up Windows to prepare for Linux.
> It may help. It's here:
> https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/68495.html
> 
>> I have read an article on the Register, about a "latest Lenovo"
>> computer, that has some MS plutonium thing, that prevents OS's other
>> than MS Windows, from being installed, and, I do not know whether MS
>> Windows 11 prevents other OS's from being installed.
> 
> Disable Secure Boot and you'll be fine.
> 

Thank you for your response.

It kind of sounds like what we had to go through with UEFI, to install 
16.04 and before; going into BIOS, and switching from UEFI to "Legacy BIOS".

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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