cannot install unetbootin

[Nils Kassube]

On 24.02.24 Liam Proven wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 at 12:43, Nils Kassube wrote:
>
> > Thanks a lot for that idea. I was spending last weekend to enable dual-boot on a refurbished PC which came with Win10 Home. After installing Kubuntu I started Windows from the GRUB menu and every time Windows rewrote the boot setup disabling Kubuntu. Now I tried it your way and it works - very nice.
>
> Could you tell us more about the setup? I'm wondering if there's an
> article in this.
>
> What PC, what firmware, what version? What disk, partitioned how? What
> version of Win10? What version of Kubuntu? Booting how, from which
> partition?

The machine in question is a HP Compaq Elite 8300 Ultra-Slim Desktop which came with Windows 10 Home preinstalled with GPT and UEFI. After the initial setup and Windows updates I created an installation USB stick, just to be on the safe side if I made a mistake with the Kubuntu 24.04 installation. With the Kubuntu installer I reduced the partition size of Windows and installed on the free space. Of course I could boot to Linux and Windows with GRUB. However after booting Windows that worked no longer and Windows started instead of GRUB. I tried various things like installing Kubuntu first and then Windows or trying to start with the Windows boot loader, but nothing helped. Probably I just didn't find the right info on the web.

So your mail came just at the right moment. :)

I reinstalled once again, but this time like you described, with legacy boot and MBR partition table (the disk is 500 GB, so no problem). I installed Kubuntu first and then Windows. IIRC Windows overwrote GRUB, so I had to repair it. From then on dual boot worked with Kubuntu and Windows. This is the disk layout according to fdisk:

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048 488282111 488280064 232.8G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       488282112 488384511    102400    50M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       488384512 975617513 487233002 232.3G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       975618048 976769023   1150976   562M 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE

But there might still be a disadvantage: Windows didn't want to install two updates. I had to retry several times until finally on the update page it said I'm up to date. BTW: Now it is W10 Home 22H2, not sure which version it was originally.

If you need further infos, feel free to contact me by PM. I think it is a bit OT here on the list.


Nils