Maze Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 hello dear linux - experts a friend of me wants to run a. win 8 i reccommendet him to install b. linux as well.question: how to organize a dual boot for win 8 & suse linux? filesytem etc etx what do i have to look after? What do i need to think about How to arrange all the things. can you suggest a file system and a partition logic? look forward to hear from you Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/293532-how-to-organize-a-dual-boot-for-win-8-suse-linux-filesytem-etc-etx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank_b Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I do NOT have experience with Suse. But i do have with Centos and Ubuntu. You will need an extra empty partition on you harddisk next to the windows partition or empty unlocated space on the harddisk. (There are tools that can shrink your windows partition to create free space) BE CAREFULL AND MAKE A BACKUP IN THIS CASE After you have an partition or free space you can easily install Centos or Ubuntu and probably Suse. Just follow the instructions of the installer and be sure not to overwrite your windows partition Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/293532-how-to-organize-a-dual-boot-for-win-8-suse-linux-filesytem-etc-etx/#findComment-1501214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Win8 systems are typically using UEFI http://www.howtogeek.com/175649/what-you-need-to-know-about-using-uefi-instead-of-the-bios/ So that may or may not be an issue. Let's find out. Turns out that UEFI is a big deal, but can be dealt with. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/293532-how-to-organize-a-dual-boot-for-win-8-suse-linux-filesytem-etc-etx/#findComment-1501234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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