Jul 14, 2014 dual boot windows 8.1 + ubuntu on a 1TB hdd + 24GB ssd. By robertklement on Jul 14, 2014 at 14:43 UTC 1st Post. Seriously, just my 2 cents. Or put your Linux on a small portable hard drive and set your BIOS boot order to reflect that choice. If you install Windows *first* then Ubuntu, it will install the GRUB bootloader which will allow. The drive is not appearing in BIOS at all. 1.Will I be able to install on this disk using a Ubuntu installation usb? 2.Will the disk later be recognised by the BIOS and the boot menu? ![]() ![]() • First you have to shrink your D: drive via Partitioning manager (Hard disk management or something like that) on Windows. Open that manager (simply press the windows button and search for it), select your D: partition and shrink it with as much space as you'll need on Linux. If you won't be downloading anything else on your Linux, just make sure to shrink so you have at least 60G free space. Should suffice. • Then start your Ubuntu installation and when it asks you for 'Installation type' choose Something else. There you should see the free space you shrank from Windows (for example 60G of free space on your hard drive), and create & format new partitions over that free space. For starters, you can create just one 60G partition with an Ext4 filesystem. ![]() ![]() Install Ubuntu On New SsdHowever, I suggest you have at least 2 or 3 partitions, but only if you want to bother. If you do, check the bottom of my answer. • After that just continue to install. When GRUB installs (it should do it automatically, or it can ask you if you want it to be installed -- yes you do) it should automatically detect your Windows 10, and that way, when you boot you'll get a prompt to choose whether you want Linux or Windows. If you don't see Windows in GRUB, don't panic. Boot into your Linux, open the terminal ( CTRL+ALT+T): sudo os-prober ( sudo apt install os-prober if you don't have it) sudo update-grub And you should be ready to go. For a bit better partitioning: You need at least 2 or 3 partitions. A root partition for your root filesystem, Ext4 (or xfs/btrfs, but I suggest Ext4), 50-70G (depending on how many packages you will install), with a mountpoint /. A boot partition with size of 512M and an Ext2 filesystem for your GRUB bootloader that will boot both your Linux and Windows with a mountpoint /boot. (boot partition must be primary) An optional third partition for your home directory where you can store all your personal data, files, and projects. Make it as big as you wish and again with an Ext4 filesystem and a mountpoint /home. And an optional fourth partition - swap, it is useful when your system runs out of memory, as it will start using the swap so your system won't freeze. I suggest around ~ 8G of size. (just need to select 'use as swap partition').
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