Background: 

Just for the record, I started using OpenSUSE with 10.3. I have been pleased and you folks who help are great.

I have avoided UEFI for as long as I can.  My old computer died a sudden death and the time has come to deal with UEFI.  

Fortunately for me, almost 2 years ago I came across a Dell XPS 8940, with NVMe and SSD drives, high end graphics (I'm not a gamer, so that's not a big deal for me), and the usual other bells and whistles.  The deal was good because it was a return, so it has sat.  

 

I did try to install OpenSUse (don't remember the version, but it did support UEFI) but that did not go well.  I looked for docs on UEFI, but they seemed to be non-existent.   Now that I am "in a corner" I want to go back and see if I can get Leap 15.4 installed on this computer.  I downloaded the UEFI version and have it on a DVD, so I am ready.

 

My goal is to boot and run OpenSuse from the NVMe drive and use the SSD drive as a data backup dirve--but I will listen to any other suggestions.

 

Main question: 

When I tried the install the first time, I noticed that drive and partition designation (for a start) were completely different under UEFI.

Is there "non-technical, human readable" documentation that can walk me through repartitioning, and  the UEFI installation?  It can be a SUSE document or a book.  Now I need to understand what I am doing so I can have a working--full sized computer again--tired of this laptop.

 

Thank you for any help,

 

Mark