Partition expansion question.

[wide tinsel]

I am planning on having a dual boot alongside my windows system. I am not sure how much I should move the slider (How much storage to give mint) because I am not sure how much I will use mint. Is it possible to expand the amount mint has access to later down the road? If so how easy is it?

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It will be challenging to change it later. Mint should be fine with around 40GB, but can use more if you can spare it.

[worn ocean]

40GB is plenty for average use, and no heavy gaming on linux. give 100GB if can spare it

[wide tinsel]

Mm ok. Also a seperate question. Is it safe to dual boot with windows? Like I’m just double checking windows won’t throw a hissy fit and stop updating

[wide tinsel]

I can give max 500gb

[worn ocean]

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critical thing the last post, plus watch the first 6 min of the 2nd vid at top

[wide tinsel]

I’ve already disabled quick start lol

[worn ocean]

secure boot off in BIOS too

[wide tinsel]

I thought mint worked with secure boot?

[worn ocean]

mo just Ubuntu afaik currently

[wide tinsel]

What does secure boot do exactly?

[worn ocean]

i cant explain

[abstract ore]

Secure boot checks if the boot loader is signed by Microsoft. Ubuntu had theirs signed, so Mint can use that as well. The actual signed part is only a little stub loader called shim.

[wide tinsel]

Ah ok. So does secure boot need to be off then? I am confused lol

[abstract ore]

It is recommended to disable it, since even supported it can still cause issues. The attack vectors it supposedly protects against are mostly about secret agents trying to get you.

[worn ocean]

if prep the usb with ventoy it works

but more hassle to enroll it

[wide tinsel]

I have a usb flashed with etcher

I’ll disable it no problem.

If it’s just for windows to try and limit pc access then it’s chill

[worn ocean]

see vid

[wide tinsel]

I have seen that vid already but thank you

I’m just debating with myself whether it’s worth the risk

[abstract ore]

Risk? Secure boot is mostly to make it harder for people to not run Windows. It is not actually about security, more about securing your own hardware against you.

[wide tinsel]

Not the secure boot bit

Just I don’t wanna mess up my windows install or anything

It seems simple but I’m always scared that something will go horribly wrong

[abstract ore]

Linux installers are pretty safe these days. It should not touch your Windows installation, other than running os-prober at the end to find it and include its boot manager for Grub chainloading.

But as always, having a current backup of your data is mandatory, Linux or no Linux.

[wide tinsel]

All my important files are backed up

I do daily to an external hard drive

[abstract ore]

See you on the other side, then. I am off now, but I will check in tomorrow.

[wide tinsel]

It’s fine I won’t be doing it if (if I do) until tomorrow afternoon anyway. I have time to think. Cheers for the help

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Also on my bios it has two different secure boot options, one for like windows and microsoft and the other is for "Other systems" but it mentions it won't work with windows. So I am confused lol

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There usually is a setting in BIOS/UEFI that can be switched between Windows and "Other OS", but that just tells it what boot loader to expect, so it will either use tight Windows integration (which breaks things on other OSes) or not. Secure Boot should be a different option. I have never seen the two combined, and it would be poor design to do so.

[wide tinsel]

I can't seem to find a way to turn it off completely

[abstract ore]

Other OS is fine. Secure boot should be possible to disable, unless you have a really shitty device.

[wide tinsel]

Yeah dw I found out "Other OS" is just off, its in my motherboard company's docs