Re: new laptop
James Knott <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.suse.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 8/6/26 7:54 AM, James Knott wrote: > On 8/6/26 5:28 AM, Ianseeks via openSUSE Users wrote: >> Is there a set of instructions that can help with making a dual-boot >> with >> Windows especially with the new systemd-boot that is the default with >> new >> installs. > > > I am about to try that (again). Unlike previous versions 16.0 & 16.1 > seem to hide the procedure. I used the migration tool for my desktop > computer, but it croaked on my ThinkPad. In the partitioning for > 16.1, there is an option under storage "Find space" > "Use available > space". Hopefully that will allow me to install over top of an > existing 15.6 & Windows configuration, without clobbering everything. > I'll find out later today. > > I ran into another problem. The install wants to create a UEFI partition on a system that doesn't support UEFI. Is there any way to stop that? I bought this computer in 2011, before UEFI was available on that computer. Can this computer be upgraded from 15.6? Neither of the upgrades and the fresh install work.