11-20-2015, 05:59 AM
@Wirezfree,
Setting up Root on disk one and Home and Swap on disk two is fine. Yes, you'll need to manually make each of those partitions. (Swap won't get automatically made with a "Something else" install.) You can either make them from partitioning page of the installer (using "Something else" option), or you can make them ahead of time with GParted on live LL, then set mount points during "Something else" install.
If you make them ahead of time, when you get to partition selection page of "Something else" install highlight your pre-made Root partition and click the "Change" button. That will bring up a window where you tell it to:
No need to do anything with pre-made Swap partition. Installer will recognize and use it automatically.
"Device for boot loader installation" should be the MBR of the boot drive (drive 1), not the LL root partition. So, likely "/dev/sda". If you choose the LL root partition it won't boot unless you do something like install EasyBCD to Windows and add LL boot option to that.
If machine came with Win 7 pre-installed, I'd highly recommend that your friend make a set of reinstall/repair DVDs for Win 7 if they haven't already done so before installing LL. (There is usually a way to do that built into the system from manufacturer.) That will make things easier to fix if something gets messed up later. Also, if you'll be needing to shrink any Windows partitions to make room for the LL install, best to defragment the drive(s) and do the shrinking from Windows disk manager ahead of time to minimize potential problems.
Setting up Root on disk one and Home and Swap on disk two is fine. Yes, you'll need to manually make each of those partitions. (Swap won't get automatically made with a "Something else" install.) You can either make them from partitioning page of the installer (using "Something else" option), or you can make them ahead of time with GParted on live LL, then set mount points during "Something else" install.
If you make them ahead of time, when you get to partition selection page of "Something else" install highlight your pre-made Root partition and click the "Change" button. That will bring up a window where you tell it to:
- Use as = Ext4 file system
- Size = keep as you already made it in GParted
- Mount point = "/"
- Format box can be either checked or not (since you already formatted it in GParted)
No need to do anything with pre-made Swap partition. Installer will recognize and use it automatically.
"Device for boot loader installation" should be the MBR of the boot drive (drive 1), not the LL root partition. So, likely "/dev/sda". If you choose the LL root partition it won't boot unless you do something like install EasyBCD to Windows and add LL boot option to that.
If machine came with Win 7 pre-installed, I'd highly recommend that your friend make a set of reinstall/repair DVDs for Win 7 if they haven't already done so before installing LL. (There is usually a way to do that built into the system from manufacturer.) That will make things easier to fix if something gets messed up later. Also, if you'll be needing to shrink any Windows partitions to make room for the LL install, best to defragment the drive(s) and do the shrinking from Windows disk manager ahead of time to minimize potential problems.
Quote:Having never done an "Along Side" install, does it still give you the partition size & location options..??I've never done that type of install either, but answer to question is "No". It will allow allotting overall size to use for LL, but it will then use that space to automatically make only a Root and Swap partition to sizes it determines are best. You won't be able to make a separate Home partition and won't be able to specify which partitions go on which drive.
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