On Sat, 2020-06-27 at 08:15 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug composed on 2020-06-26 21:10 (UTC-0400):
I have down-loaded OS-TW today (26 June) and burned it to DVD. I want to ADD it to a Windows system on a new computer. I have partitioned the SSD as follows: P1 EFS sys fat32 P2 Microsoft reserved p3 Basic data ntfs P5 / ext4 46 GiB boot,esp P6 /home ext 234 GiB P7 linux swap 27 GiB p4 ntfs Basic data parttion (windows)
What created the list above, you and your keyboard? ESP means
EFI System Partition
An ESP partition always has to be VFAT. So, your "P5" cannot be ESP, and most likely has no use for a boot flag.
Others suggested an image backup. I have a different suggestion, since this is a "new" computer. Take the SSD out and store it somewhere safe. Put a different SSD in to install to. That way if you need warranty service in the next one, two or three years, you can reverse swap and no one will know you ever used Linux, any trouble you have can be blamed on Windows, and any proprietary service utilities dependent on Windows will be available exactly as the service department expects. --
Keeping the old SSD/disk is useful not only for warranty returns, but it also saves a lot of time and hassle - copying and restoring disk by dd is very slow (like day slow) and making the old partition to boot after restoring it can be a challenge. That being said many windows laptops/computers will let you create recovery media - Lenovo, Delll, HP, Asus for sure - I personally find creating the recovery media faster than even opening the laptop. With the recovery media you can return the disk to original state for returns - unless of course the PC is broken - in which case having the original disk in the drawer helps. In EU the warranty on PCs is 2 years, in US it can me as short as month or three. That dramatically lowers the value of keeping the old SSD for the warranty returns with the SSD in the drawer. One last comment - installing linux in EFI based system typically involves storing OS signing keys in EFI/BIOS storage. This is of course done automatically by the installer - so it is transparent to the user. However, if the warranty technicians care to check - and the company wants to be difficult about linux - I very much doubt that these days - they could just check the UEFI/BIOS storage to see that you installed linux/openSuSE signing keys. I very much doubt that any company is willing to put a lot of forensics calories to customer replacements, beyond basic checks for mechanical/water/completeness damage. Best luck, Tomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org