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Just a question regarding partitions for dualbooting with windows and secure boot?
I have no computer at this time but I'm already planning how to set it up when it becomes necessary.
I'll be installing slackware Linux on it and I'm curious about partitions for new computers with secureboot instead of BIOS.
This computer will probably be used for university so it'll most likely be a laptop but since I have a 3 month old daughter with my girlfriend, it should be easily accessible to both in the coming years.
That's why I'm thinking a dual boot is the better option as opposed with a virtual machine. I heard that a secureboot laptop needs a 100mb partition to function properly and that changing the partition size for windows will corrupt the operating system. Do laptops these days come with a recovery CD? What filesystem should the secureboot partition be? Does secureboot recognise LILO or should I use GRUB?
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- NeerpLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Since no one else wants to pitch in, I'll give you my $.02 worth.
Don't use Windows 8. Don't use a secure boot partition. Install Windows 7 if you have to have Windows, and then install Linux. Use a distribution that uses LILO, because Grub is a kluge. Lilo is 100 times easier to configure and get working than Grub is. Slackware would work well, I personally avoid Ubuntu and all *buntu distributions.