Dual boot guide #3
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| We need to shrink an existing partition to make room for AxOS. | ||
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| > ⚠️ **Important Note**: | ||
| > It’s strongly recommended to install Linux on the **same physical disk (SSD/HDD)** where Windows is installed. Installing it on a second disk can cause bootloader issues or system instability. |
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Not really, it works well with one OS on each disks
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Considering from my experience, i have done this twice and twice i needed to format the whole disk because the EFI messed up. Maybe i am doing something wrong
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If you want to wipe a disk, automatic partitioning will work well
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| ## Step 4: Create Partitions with `gdisk` |
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Gparted will be added to the next ISO. Add a gui way alongside with cli
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Sure, but for now it's the best way to do it, until gparted will be used
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| ### Format the EFI Partition: | ||
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| sudo mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1 |
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Formating will be done in the installer, no need to do it manually
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| ## Step 6: Mount the Partitions | ||
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| Before launching the installer, we need to **manually mount** the partitions: |
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No need to, the installer will do the job
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I installed OS three times and everytime it throws an error that /boot/efi (even when i choose mount point) does not exists. So i mount partitions and create /boot/efi
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| ### Create and Mount EFI Directory: |
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Ik the installer doesn't works sometimes, but it should do it itself. Let it be a grown installer
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| * For the **EFI partition**: | ||
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| * Set mount point to `/boot/efi` | ||
| * Set **Do Not Format** (since we already formatted it) |
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fat32, as I said earlier, no need to format it manually as the installer can do it
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| GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false |
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Is already false by default (is it ?)
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As i know it is false by default but it will be good if the user checks it twice
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Then say check instead of do
| ### BIOS Systems: | ||
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| sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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This one. Not the efi one (or maybe I'm learning something)
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I did some changes to a guide, and adjusted to the requirements. |
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Just one comment. Else, it's good :)
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| * For the **Linux root partition**: | ||
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| * Set **ext4** format |
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Precise ext4 is an example and the recommend FS
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Forget it, I'll do it myself later
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Thanks! |
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I think that you should change the name from "dual boot tutorial" to just "dual boot" because it's under the guides section and the word "tutorial" seems redundant. |
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Adding a Linux section in the guide would also help out a ton because most AxOS users come from a Linux background. It is not strictly needed right now, but improving it to also contain this information would be mandatory later as AxOS matures. |
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Step-0 should reference to https://www.axos-project.com/docs/get-started/installation/#create-the-installation-media. |
Letting you do the necessary PRs |
I'll do it tomorrow because I am currently tried after very a stressful day. |
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Hello there! When I was setting up dual boot on my system, I ran into some difficult parts. So I decided to create a guide for people who want to dual boot but aren’t sure how to do it.