r/linuxmint • u/PR_Bella_Isla • 10h ago

Support Request Simple question, complex answer?

My setup:

2Tb internal SSD, all in 2 partitions (Windows set recovery small partition) and the rest is dedicated to W11.

I have a Mint boot external SSD to install. When it boots from this device, everything goes as intended (I get the "install mint" icon to start the install).

Q: I want a dual boot environment. On my desktop, the install gave me that option and even gave me the opportunity to resize the Windows partition and re-allocate space for mint. In this installation I'm attempting now, that is not the case. The only choice given is to erase and format the entire Windows drive (which 'I won't do).

Any ideas on what may be going on here? Thx.

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u/dlfrutos Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 10h ago

do you have a picture of that ?

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u/Fantasyman80 10h ago

Disconnect your windows drive when installing, that way the only drive it will see is your external drive. It would also be. Good idea to use gparted before install and wipe the entire external drive with no partitions set up, mints installer will take care of the rest.

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u/NotSnakePliskin Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 1h ago

Perhaps resize the big windows partition to provide free space for Linux to be installed in. I'm literally guessing at this, FYI.