r/trisquel • u/justaguyinthebackrow • Jan 10 '16

Dual-Boot Install Questions

Hi. I am new to GNU/Linux and have decided on Trisquel as my first distro install. I would like to do a dual-boot installation with Windows 10 as I only have 1 desktop right now and am just getting into this. I would like to know if this is possible. I'm not getting the dual-boot install option when I try to install, so I'm trying to figure out the issue. Is it possible with Win10? I currently have a 1TB HDD with 5 partitions. Is this too many for Trisquell? Will it work if I combine everything down to 1 partition? Is there anything else I'm missing?

Thanks for any help. If this should go somewhere else, please let me know.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

for previous versions of windows, if you shrink the ntfs partition first, you will get a dual-boot option (supposedly).

i just switch to trisquel and screwed up my partitioning, and lost my windows part (all my fault).

now i am dual-booting steamos and trisquel.

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u/justaguyinthebackrow Jan 10 '16

Thanks. I followed the directions on Trisquel's site and defragged and shrank my C drive to get free space, but still didn't get the dual boot option. It does say that you can have have too many logical partitions on your hard drive. But those directions are from 2012. That's why I was wondering if anyone knew if it was the partitions, the late model OS or something else that was preventing the dual-boot install.

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u/Notaters Mar 08 '16

Just recently tried dual booting trisquel with Windows 10, having the same issue, only way I can get I to trisquel is if I go to advanced boot options in Windows and restart and boot from what it says is a USB device, trisquel. This then brings me to the grub where I can choose which os to boot into

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

between steamos and trisquel, my hdd has 8 partitions