I have some questions about dual booting Windows 7 with Linux Mint
1/ Should I tick the option Install Linux Mint alongside windows 7, & then adjust the size of the partitions
2/ If at a later date, I want to change the Mint for another Linux distro, how would i do that?
Thank you
Questions about dual booting
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Questions about dual booting
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WharfRat
Re: Questions about dual booting
You would need some disk space available in order to install any Linux distro.
Usually this entails shrinking the the win partition if there is no readily available space.
To install another distro overwriting the existing one you would have to direct the installer to install it to the partition(s) used by the old one or first remove existing partition(s).
Usually this entails shrinking the the win partition if there is no readily available space.
To install another distro overwriting the existing one you would have to direct the installer to install it to the partition(s) used by the old one or first remove existing partition(s).
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Dany96
Re: Questions about dual booting
1) IF you want to dual boot, you should totally do this.
2) You can do that in the same way, boot in live session, or directly install, select installation alongside Windows 7, but you select the Linux Mint partition, just make sure it will format that partition before installation (it usually does, but I may be wrong) .
You should note that when you create the partition for the Linux distro, a field named "Path" will appear. Here you should write the start path of the partition (this is the C: D: equivallent.. sorta'
) . For only one partition, you just write "/" (without quotations, this is the root folder). But if you want to create two partitions, then make one with root folder, and one with your future home folder ("/home"). If you want to find out why they usually do this.. well, just Google it It wasn't so relevant for me so I don't actually remember why. I don't really feel llike this is safer, cuz any operation you make outside the home folder prompts for root privilege (use sudo), so why bother making two separate partitions? Whatever.
Oh, and you actually need to make a paging partition yourself (Welcome to Linux, DIY and have fun! ). But this is optional. Only do this if you need virtual memory. (this is the pagefile.sys equivallent of Windows, just that this is a file recognized as a partition. But you can create it after the installation too.)
Hope this isn't late and that it helps
2) You can do that in the same way, boot in live session, or directly install, select installation alongside Windows 7, but you select the Linux Mint partition, just make sure it will format that partition before installation (it usually does, but I may be wrong) .
You should note that when you create the partition for the Linux distro, a field named "Path" will appear. Here you should write the start path of the partition (this is the C: D: equivallent.. sorta'
) . For only one partition, you just write "/" (without quotations, this is the root folder). But if you want to create two partitions, then make one with root folder, and one with your future home folder ("/home"). If you want to find out why they usually do this.. well, just Google it It wasn't so relevant for me so I don't actually remember why. I don't really feel llike this is safer, cuz any operation you make outside the home folder prompts for root privilege (use sudo), so why bother making two separate partitions? Whatever. Oh, and you actually need to make a paging partition yourself (Welcome to Linux, DIY and have fun! ). But this is optional. Only do this if you need virtual memory. (this is the pagefile.sys equivallent of Windows, just that this is a file recognized as a partition. But you can create it after the installation too.)
Hope this isn't late and that it helps