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   Dr. Noah Bodie to Dan Purgert   
   Re: why doesn't 'buntu offer a dual-boot   
   12 Nov 25 18:08:44   
   
   From: noah@bodie.not   
      
   On 2025-11-12 03:19 PM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > 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)   
   >   
      
   the current one (24.04.03) does not see the other os (mx linux) and it   
   insists on a manual repartition. does 22.04 give the option to dual boot?   
      
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