[xubuntu-users] Installing 15.10 as dual boot with Windows 10 on Dell XPS 8900
Peter Flynn
peter at silmaril.ie
Sat Dec 5 21:16:23 UTC 2015
On 05/12/15 21:10, Ian wrote:
> Two details to make sure you don't break anything:
>
> 1. Install Windows first. Windows likes to be the one to make the EFI
> partition.
That was already done by corporate desktop support.
> 2. Don't move the start of any partitions. It is ok to shrink
> partitions, but best to do it in Windows. See this documentation for how
> to do that:
> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309169.aspx
Ooh. Thanks for the warning. I am going to need to do that, obviously,
to provide a partition to install Ubuntu into, but I had reckoned on
letting the Ubuntu installer do it.
///Peter
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Ian <ian at loosescre.ws
> <mailto:ian at loosescre.ws>> wrote:
>
> I have done it with both Windows 7 and 10. No problems.
>
> Ian
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie
> <mailto:peter at silmaril.ie>> wrote:
>
> On 05/12/15 20:59, Ian wrote:
> > I have dual-boot with Windows and Xubuntu setup on two of my machines
> > (one desktop, one laptop) in UEFI mode. It works great. I have also
> > tried with secure boot enabled and disabled and it doesn't seem to make
> > much difference.
>
> Interesting, thanks. Windows 10? I saw dire warnings against doing
> exactly that.
>
> I might try that, on the basis that if it breaks, nothing of
> value will
> be lost :-)
>
> ///Peter
>
> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie <mailto:peter at silmaril.ie>
> > <mailto:peter at silmaril.ie <mailto:peter at silmaril.ie>>> wrote:
> >
> > I have a new Dell XPS 8900 which has had our corporate
> Windows 10 image
> > installed. I want to dual boot with Xubuntu 15.10 64-bit
> which I burnt
> > to a USB stick with unetbootin (which I have used to
> install a different
> > machine, so I know the USB stick works OK).
> >
> > The BIOS is unlocked, so when I power up I can hit F12
> during the Dell
> > logo, and enter the boot menu. I pick USB from the Legacy
> menu, having
> > seen a lot of sites warning against trying to dual-boot
> install via the
> > UEFI menu.
> >
> > It's sloooooooooooooooooooow. I eventually get the Ubuntu
> splash screen,
> > then the language-selector OK, and after several more
> minutes I get the
> > window confirming enough disk space and an Internet
> connection. I left
> > "Download updates" UNchecked, but I checked the option to
> install
> > third-party drivers. And clicked Continue.
> >
> > Then it just sits there. Eventually I gave up and held
> down the power
> > button for long enough to cause an interrupt. I got a lot
> of console
> > messages showing it trying to do various things with the
> colord driver
> > and failing, causing successive failures in other bits an
> pieces it was
> > obviously trying to load.
> >
> > 1. What is it actually trying to do behind the scenes of a
> GUI install?
> >
> > 2. Is there a way to force it to do an old-style console
> install?
> >
> > 3. Or should I ignore the warning about UEFI (that it
> won't see the dual
> > boot nature, and will lose either Windows or Ubuntu or
> both, and maybe
> > brick the system)?
> >
> > 4. Is it worth it? I can get away without Windows, as I
> have a Crossover
> > license so I can run Office on the 2-3 occasions in a year
> that I
> > need to.
> >
> > 5. Is the colord problem related to screen rez or the fact
> that it's a
> > HDMI connection? Is there an updated way to install on
> these machines?
> >
> > ///Peter
> >
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