I have been planning to install Kinoite on my laptop, dual booting with Windows.

However depending on what I read online, it is either not possible, not recommended, tricky to setup or it is just a matter of setting partitions up before installing Kinoite. Broad range of opinions and no good “tutorial” how to do it.

Anyone having direct experience with that?

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml
    4·
    2 years ago

    It’s difficult if you have disk encryption on the same drive that you want to install Kinoite. Otherwise, its just a matter of setting drive partitions.

    • RBG@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      No encryption as far as I am aware of, unless its standard in windows 10 and I don’t know about it. I have experience with partitioning, so I’ll have a think if this is worth trying or not.

      Have already backed up important windows files anyway.

  • biribiri11@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    So basically ostree deploy fails if you have an existing populated ESP (EFI System Partition), so you’ll have to partition manually atm (in my case, I just made another ESP on the same disk). Other than that, I haven’t run into any problems with Win11 + Fedora on the same disk, mostly because I don’t boot into windows.

    You can read about the issue here: https://github.com/fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker/issues/284

    Here’s the docs on manual partitioning: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/installation/#manual-partition

    It’s definitely a pain. One of many papercuts you’ll find with an “emerging” desktop edition on a distro already known to push new stuff before the Linux ecosystem is ready.

    Just be sure to make a backup of your windows data in a separate disk, keep boot drives for normal fedora (in case this ends up being too difficult), windows (in case you give up), and Fedora Kinoite (because duh), and ffs, don’t trust ChatGPT with your sensitive data on your main PC :)

    • RBG@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      Thanks! I have seen those links but haven’t had time to read them fully yet, they looked like just discussing around the issue to me, not solving it. But I will have a closer look again, thanks for highlighting those.

  • mortalic@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 years ago

    From chat gpt

    Here are the steps to dual boot Fedora Kinoite and Windows 11: Preparation

    Backup Data: Ensure you have backups of all important data from your Windows system.
Create Live USBs: Create a bootable USB drive for both Windows 11 and Fedora Kinoite using tools like Rufus or Etcher.

    Install Windows 11

    Boot from Windows USB: Insert the Windows 11 USB drive and boot from it.
Install Windows 11: Follow the installation prompts. When prompted, create a partition for Windows, leaving some unallocated space for Fedora Kinoite.
Complete Installation: Finish the installation and set up Windows 11.

    Install Fedora Kinoite

    Boot from Fedora USB: Insert the Fedora Kinoite USB drive and boot from it.
Start Installation: Begin the installation process and choose the option to install alongside Windows.
Partitioning:
    Select the unallocated space created earlier.
    Create the necessary partitions for Fedora (usually root / and swap).
Install Fedora: Complete the installation process.

    Configure Boot Loader

    Set Default Bootloader: Fedora will install GRUB as the bootloader. It should automatically detect Windows 11 and add it to the boot menu.
Verify Entries: After installation, reboot the system. You should see the GRUB menu with options to boot into Fedora or Windows.
Set Default Boot Option (Optional): If you want to change the default boot option, edit the GRUB configuration.

    Post-Installation

    Update Systems: Boot into both operating systems and ensure they are fully updated.
Install Drivers: Make sure all necessary drivers are installed for both Windows and Fedora.
Test Dual Boot: Reboot several times and test both operating systems to ensure the dual-boot setup works seamlessly.

    Troubleshooting

    Missing GRUB Menu: If the GRUB menu doesn’t appear, you might need to repair the bootloader using a Fedora live USB.
Windows Boot Issues: If Windows doesn’t boot, you may need to use the Windows recovery options to repair the Windows bootloader and then reinstall GRUB.

    Following these steps will help you set up a dual-boot system with Fedora Kinoite and Windows 11.