Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS dual booting with Window 7 Partition problem (Arun Khan)

Hi,

--- On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Dhanagopal R
<[email protected]> wrote:
| The HDD is having 5 following partitions as per windows disk manager.
| 1, OEM partion 39mb (Shown as primary)
| 2, Recovery partition 29 Gb (Shown as primary)
| 3. C: Primary partition 352 Gb (Primary)
| 4. D: Logical  partition 166 Gb
| 5, E: Logical partition 158 Gb
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So, the fourth partition is an extended partition divided into logical
partitions.

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| In the laptop bios, legacy boot is enabled and secure boot is disabled.
\--

As per the documentation if you want to use GPT, you need to use EFI.
You cannot disable secure boot.

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| My intention was to install Grub boot loader in the /boot partition and use
| the default Windows boot loader by appropriately modifying the entries
| using Easy BCD (to overcome any unforeseen problem while the nagging
| upgrade to Windows 10 happens).
\--

Easy BCD is a proprietary product, and since you are paying for it,
you can ask them for support.

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| Though I can use Ubuntu, still I need to
| keep windows.
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What "use"? You could also consider running Ubuntu as a Virtual
Machine (VirtualBox, for example).

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| whether is it possible to install
| Ubuntu by creating all the partitions as logical?
\--

Yes.

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| Is it mandatory to have all the Linux partition as primary?
\--

No.

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| How to ascertain GUID Partition Table (GPT) is used in a computer ( My
| laptop was shilled in 2013)?
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Please use a search engine for such questions. For a start:

  http://askubuntu.com/questions/387351/how-can-i-detect-whether-my-disk-is-using-gpt-or-mbr-from-a-terminal

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| Is it possible to change windows primary partition into logical (except C:
| the boot partition) using Ubuntu partition utility while installing?
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Why do you want to do that?

If you are in Chennai, I'd suggest you bring your laptop to the
monthly meet-up so that we can take a look at it, and also clarify
your doubts.

SK

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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com
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