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Trouble installing Zorin alongside Windows 10

Whatif333

Tue May 22, 2018 3:08:08 pm

Hello, I am going to try to switch to Linux for the first time, but to be sure I want to install Zorin Core OS along with my Windows 10 as dual boot. When I go to choosing the installation type I don't see the option "Install Zorin alongside Windows 10" even though it states at the top "You have Windows 10,what do you want to do?". I get only "Erase..."(I want to keep all my files, though) and "Something else...". I clicked "Something else" tried to select a partition to install, butnow I get the error "No Root File System is defined"... As I stated, I want to have Windows 10 and Zorin at the same time, any suggestions?

Thank you!

zorinantwerp

Tue May 22, 2018 6:27:17 pm

hi Whatif333

undernoted is given as a general idea on how to arrive at a dual boot. a steep learning curve awaits you but rewarding as using Zorin OS is pretty cool.

Code:
https://youtu.be/u5QyjHIYwTQ


no doubt you will be given the link to a manual but tell us which version of Zorin OS you intend to use?

cheers

Swarfendor437

Tue May 22, 2018 9:40:53 pm

OK, Having watched the YouTube video I was a bit concerned that nothing was ever mentioned about disabling EFI in the BIOS as normally you have to do that to boot off USB (Legacy Mode - unless you have a dual mode BIOS). I also did not like where the swap area was located. I have done automatic installs in the past of Zorin to see how it structured the drive and as I thought it would, the automatic install does what I always do and that is to put the swap area at the END of the drive - or in the example given, Logical Partition. I've only dual-booted once with Windows 10 and that was the Developer's version I signed up to. For that I let Windows shrink the partition as per the video using Disk Management to allocate the free space - it makes assessments as to how much free space you will need for Windows 10 to still function. I also created a '/boot' partition of 512 Mb which I identified as to where to place GRUB, then 30720 Mib (30 Gb) for '/', swap area at the end - this should match the physical RAM you have on board, and then lastly whatever space is left between, mark as '/home' - all GNU/Linux partitions should be formatted to 'ext4' unless you are installing to an SSD, in which case you need to setup TRIM (Windows does this automatically) and format to 'ext2'. The method I used successfully was the Matthew Moore's Unconventional method of dual-booting shown here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlTgaWs9BD0

As you still intend to use Windows 10, if you are not already aware these articles, though old, are still relevant in respect of Privacy:

"In case you missed these:

http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...plug_them.html
"...The problems start with Microsoft’s ominous privacy policy, which is now included in the Windows 10 end-user license agreement so that it applies to everything you do on a Windows PC, not just online. (Disclosure: I worked for Microsoft in the days of Windows XP.) It uses some scary broad strokes:

Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary.
..."


http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...how_scary.html
"...In his Ars Technica piece, Bright details steps to remove your key from OneDrive and back it up locally, but users who are both technically savvy and who care enough to do so should be using Linux rather than plugging hole after hole in the wall Microsoft is attempting to dissolve between your machine and the cloud. (And let’s face it, these users probably aren’t using Microsoft accounts and OneDrive anyway.)

If privacy matters enough that you want to protect your machine and your data from the eyes of the government and the tech industry, you shouldn’t be using Windows 10—or Apple, or Android—in the first place."

And in cotrast:

https://destinationlinux.org/destina...ux-episode-65/"

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From a post I made elsewhere. ;) :D

Good luck!