On 27/06/2020 03.10, Doug wrote:
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
You mean EFI?
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)
I had OpenSuse installed before, but on a computer that went to computer heaven--or hell? --and had no trouble with dual booting, but in this case, the new computer came with no Windows disk or microsoft key, so if I louse it up, there will be a problem getting software,
Do an image backup of the disk. Seriously, you need it. Stop now and get a new external hard disk, about double the size than the internal, and do an image backup with clonezilla or dd. Even if the Linux install goes fine, you need it because someday Windows may destroy himself.
and I would like to keep the Windows part, even tho severely attenuated, and I'm not sure the new software supports dual boot. If the partitioning scheme could be better, I can still modify it, if necessary--like is there too much space for P5? I doubt that I will use up P6, ao I don't really need the space. (I have stuck with ext4 since other Linux systems use it and can read files written to that FS.)
Your partition layout looks fine to me. But it is extra work you do not need, as YaST will want to do it again. Let it format them (the Linux ones).
There has been some correspondence on the net that says that after update, the system won't boot. Is this going to be a problem with this version
Unrelated.
Please advise. --doug
You just need to use the advanced partitioning tool in YaST to enter your layout instead of the proposed one (but starting from the proposed one). It will probably want to delete some and create some, so use your judgment. Don't delete any, make sure to use the existing EFI partition. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)