[xubuntu-users] Installing 15.10 as dual boot with Windows 10 on Dell XPS 8900

[Ian]

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.

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

Ian

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Ian <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> 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>> 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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