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|    Dan Purgert to Dr. Noah Bodie    |
|    Re: why doesn't 'buntu offer a dual-boot    |
|    12 Nov 25 19:19:12    |
      From: dan@djph.net              On 2025-11-12, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:       > I was testing Debian "Trixie" and it has an option to install itself       > alongside your existing OS, and you can do this by selecting a single       > option. But 'buntu makes you repartition your disk-drive manually.              I haven't installed ubuntu fresh since 22.04 (and in a VM at that, so it       stays legacy boot); it saw the other OS without any problems, and I had       the option to install alongside.              Two major problems come to mind:               1. mixed-modes (MBR/Legacy booted live session, GPT HDD; or        vice-versa)        2. Forgot to disable bitlocker (if the other OS is windows)                     --       |_|O|_|       |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert       |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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