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Anonymous
Howdy!
The past time I tried to “manually” install antiX, the installation program did not seem to make the operating system bootable. I would like to know how to install antiX Linux alongside a Windows 8 operating system (not Windows 8.1) after installing Windows. My idea is to first install the Windows operating system, while leaving an unnasigned disk space behind bigger than the Windows partition, then create an ext4 partition, which will contain the antiX operating system installation. The partition scheme I want to achieve is the following:
Disk size: 298.09 GB (according to Windows 7)
[ext4] antiX – 200 GB
[NTFS] Win8 – About 98 GBCan anyone help me out?
If someone wants to ask why do I want to install Linux alongside Windows instead of only Linux, it is because my Informatics professor uses Excel instead of LibreOffice, and because LibreOffice is not something fun to work with.
Xecure
Hello!
First step: determine if using EFI or legacy BIOS.
If using a legacy BIOS, you only need those two partitions you mention (and maybe SWAP if you don’t have enough RAM).
If using UEFI, you will need to create an extra EFI partition (generally a FAT32 partition with 100MBs is enough) with BOOT and ESP flags.If you don’t have a clue what boot system is being used, Windows 8’s installation should create it for you automatically.
After installing Windows 8, check to see if a small fat32 partition (generally 100 MBs) has been created. Then you will know that this is an EFI partition.
Second: Booting antiX from a USB or a CD.
It is important that you test antiX live system first before installing.0. During the first boot, in the boot menu, make sure you select all options you will want to use in the future. Automount if you want your USB devices to automount, language, etc. That way you can make sure it work how you want it before installing.
1. Check to see if mouse and keyboard are working properly. If you have a different keyboard layout that is not US, set it up in Control center > System > Set System Keyboard Layout
2. Check your internet connection. If using Ethernet, check to see you can navigate properly (open the browser and test how well it goes, the speed, etc). If using Wifi, first switch it on (if you cannot see a internet symbol in the system tray, start it from Control Center > Network > WIFI Connect (Connman) ), check to see that Connman can find your SSID and check that it properly connects and doesn’t disconnect after some time, that is has a good signal… that it works as intended.
3. Update your system before continuing to experiment. If you cannot use synaptic, in terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
4. Check to see if your other devices are correctly recognized. I would test AUDIO, other USB devices, printers, CDs, etc. Figuring this out and solving before installing will save you a lot of headaches.
5. Check to see all partitions using Gparted. Hopefully, you can see your internal hard-drive and can mount/unmount the devices.
6. If using a dedicated graphic card, you may need to install some stuff before installation. I know little about this, but maybe this step is not needed.Third: Installation
As stated in the first step, knowing if your system uses UEFI or legacy BIOS is important. If using UEFI, you will have to disable Secure Boot in the BIOS configuration. Also, grub will install differently depending on this too.If you haven’t already, create the partition ext for antiX using Gparted. You will be installing everything there.
After making all your desired changes, you are ready to install.
Hit the antiX Installer (in the menu) and follow the step. Make sure the correct keyboard layouts are selected.
When selecting how to install, you will have to select Custom Install. You will select the ext4 partition you created previously, for root, and have home to install in root. If you haven’t created a swap partition, leave it the swap option as none. For boot, leave it as root for now and hit next.
Make sure you select the correct locale (language), the correct time-zone and time settings, and if needed, the correct services (normally you don’t need to touch this).The last step is the most important for booting into the system. Installing GRUB (you DO need to install it).
If you are in a legacy BIOS system, select MBR installation.
If you are in a UEFI system, select ESP installation. It may not auto-select the correct one, so you need to do this step correctly.After installation, everything should work properly. On reboot, you should autoboot to your antiX GRUB menu. If windows does not appear there, once you boot into antiX, open a terminal and execute
sudo update-grub
This should add a Windows option to the GRUB menu.If someone wants to ask why do I want to install Linux alongside Windows instead of only Linux
That doesn’t matter. We use the computers for our own needs. No need to let others “decide” for us.
If you need it, you use it. You don’t have to be sorry or need to explain anything to others.Let us know if there has been things I haven’t covered, if you have questions or how you did it (and how it worked for you).
- This reply was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by Xecure. Reason: update grub and other info
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