On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 7:00 AM George N. White III <gnw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 4:48 PM Tim Evans <tkev...@tkevans.com> wrote: > >> Brand New Dell XPS 15 coming tomorrow, to replace my venerable Lenovo >> T530. (Looking forward to something a little lighter to lug around.) >> >> It's been 10 years since I set the T530 up to dual-boot Fedora and >> Windows. >> >> I'm sure I can figure out how to reduce the size of the Windows >> partition to make space for Fedora, but am unsure of the process for >> current PC BIOS and grub setup for dual boot. Or is the Fedora installer >> smart enough to handle it for me? >> >> Are there docs for this? Thanks. >> > > You should check the LHWDB <https://linux-hardware.org> for issues > encountered by > linux users (sometimes there are comments suggesting workarounds. > > You should use Windows tools to 1) update device firmware and 2) create > "free space" > for linux. Dell has the "SupportAssist" app you should run immediately to > update > firmware and verify that everything works properly. On my Dell I need to > use F2 to > get to the "BIOS" configuration, and "F12" to get a list of boot options. > The problem is > that the system starts faster than my monitor (using DP to HDMI adapter > cable) wakes > up so on cold boot I have to guess about the timing to hit a function > key. I usually end > up in Windows a couple times before I get into the BIOS screen I want. > > The Windows tools have changed with recent updates to Windows 11 > as I discovered when installing F39 on a Dell desktop. I just converted > an existing linux partition to free space so didn't need to shrink the > Windows > partition. A common mistake is allowing Windows assign a drive letter to > the free space -- the Fedora installer looks for "free space". > > About 1 yr back I installed fedora onto my wife's dell laptop with windows 10 for dual boot. Despite significant and lengthy efforts to follow online guides to get windows to free up space I never got that to work - windows never gave up the space. In the end installed into a spare 2G partition instead.
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