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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?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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