[ltp] Dual-boot with Windows 10

cr cr at orcon.net.nz
Thu Apr 22 16:41:51 CEST 2021


On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:43:33 -0400
James Knott <james.knott at jknott.net> wrote:

> On 2021-04-22 9:42 a.m., James Knott wrote:
> > On 2021-04-22 9:11 a.m., cr wrote:
> >> ... so the bulk of Windoze is in /dev/sda4 so I can't create an
> >> extended partition there without blowing Windows away.   Which I
> >> will do if I have to, but is there an easy way around this?
> >>
> >> Any advice gratefully received.
> >
> > If you use UEFI, that's no longer an issue.
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface
> >
> 
> Forgot to mention, with UEFI, there's no need for extended
> partitions. Just create as many partitions as you want.
> 

That was quick!    OK, thanks.   I did have a vague suspicion it might
be something like that, I just haven't had occasion to use UEFI until
now.

Thanks again

Chris 


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