Dual boot Ubuntu studio with Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS and I would like to install Ubuntu studio on a separate SSD. These systems will share EFI partition, SWAP partition, home (two different accounts for each installation), and a large partition called video. The root (/) would be on separate drives for each installation.
I tried to start installation on Ubuntu Studio, but the install did not recognize the other Ubuntu even though I mounted the existing EFI partition.
I also tried to create a separate /boot partition that I wanted to share between two systems - did not work.
Already tried this with Fedora but also did not work. The only distribution that was able to detect another OS was openSUSE. Unfortunately openSUSE had massive wayland related issues with my hard drive since fglrx driver was discontinued. Ubuntu has been rock solid so far.
Any suggestions?
16.04 dual-boot ubuntu-studio
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS and I would like to install Ubuntu studio on a separate SSD. These systems will share EFI partition, SWAP partition, home (two different accounts for each installation), and a large partition called video. The root (/) would be on separate drives for each installation.
I tried to start installation on Ubuntu Studio, but the install did not recognize the other Ubuntu even though I mounted the existing EFI partition.
I also tried to create a separate /boot partition that I wanted to share between two systems - did not work.
Already tried this with Fedora but also did not work. The only distribution that was able to detect another OS was openSUSE. Unfortunately openSUSE had massive wayland related issues with my hard drive since fglrx driver was discontinued. Ubuntu has been rock solid so far.
Any suggestions?
16.04 dual-boot ubuntu-studio
asked Mar 15 at 10:58
George Osvald
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I would not share the home partition between two different flavours of Ubuntu (and the same holds for different versions). Instead you can have your personal files in a separate data partition (and mount it via a custom line in each system's/etc/fstabfile.
– sudodus
Mar 15 at 11:18
That's the same thing. I would not share the same account home directory with both systems. One would be "/home/account1" and another will be "/home/account2" only one will be mounted in each OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:48
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS and I would like to install Ubuntu studio on a separate SSD. These systems will share EFI partition, SWAP partition, home (two different accounts for each installation), and a large partition called video. The root (/) would be on separate drives for each installation.
I tried to start installation on Ubuntu Studio, but the install did not recognize the other Ubuntu even though I mounted the existing EFI partition.
I also tried to create a separate /boot partition that I wanted to share between two systems - did not work.
Already tried this with Fedora but also did not work. The only distribution that was able to detect another OS was openSUSE. Unfortunately openSUSE had massive wayland related issues with my hard drive since fglrx driver was discontinued. Ubuntu has been rock solid so far.
Any suggestions?
16.04 dual-boot ubuntu-studio
asked Mar 15 at 10:58
George Osvald
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS and I would like to install Ubuntu studio on a separate SSD. These systems will share EFI partition, SWAP partition, home (two different accounts for each installation), and a large partition called video. The root (/) would be on separate drives for each installation.
I tried to start installation on Ubuntu Studio, but the install did not recognize the other Ubuntu even though I mounted the existing EFI partition.
I also tried to create a separate /boot partition that I wanted to share between two systems - did not work.
Already tried this with Fedora but also did not work. The only distribution that was able to detect another OS was openSUSE. Unfortunately openSUSE had massive wayland related issues with my hard drive since fglrx driver was discontinued. Ubuntu has been rock solid so far.
Any suggestions?
16.04 dual-boot ubuntu-studio
16.04 dual-boot ubuntu-studio
asked Mar 15 at 10:58
George Osvald
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asked Mar 15 at 10:58
George Osvald
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asked Mar 15 at 10:58
George Osvald
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asked Mar 15 at 10:58
George Osvald
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asked Mar 15 at 10:58
George Osvald
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I would not share the home partition between two different flavours of Ubuntu (and the same holds for different versions). Instead you can have your personal files in a separate data partition (and mount it via a custom line in each system's/etc/fstabfile.
– sudodus
Mar 15 at 11:18
That's the same thing. I would not share the same account home directory with both systems. One would be "/home/account1" and another will be "/home/account2" only one will be mounted in each OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:48
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I would not share the home partition between two different flavours of Ubuntu (and the same holds for different versions). Instead you can have your personal files in a separate data partition (and mount it via a custom line in each system's/etc/fstabfile.
– sudodus
Mar 15 at 11:18
That's the same thing. I would not share the same account home directory with both systems. One would be "/home/account1" and another will be "/home/account2" only one will be mounted in each OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:48
I would not share the home partition between two different flavours of Ubuntu (and the same holds for different versions). Instead you can have your personal files in a separate data partition (and mount it via a custom line in each system's
/etc/fstab file.– sudodus
Mar 15 at 11:18
I would not share the home partition between two different flavours of Ubuntu (and the same holds for different versions). Instead you can have your personal files in a separate data partition (and mount it via a custom line in each system's
/etc/fstab file.– sudodus
Mar 15 at 11:18
That's the same thing. I would not share the same account home directory with both systems. One would be "/home/account1" and another will be "/home/account2" only one will be mounted in each OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:48
That's the same thing. I would not share the same account home directory with both systems. One would be "/home/account1" and another will be "/home/account2" only one will be mounted in each OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:48
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You do not need the installer to recognize another OS to do coinstallation. That is just a convenience feature. What you need now is to boot LiveUSB, run a tool called Gparted, and shrink the existing Ubuntu partition to free up some space, then create an empty partition there. Apply changes, run the installator, and install into the new partition.
Needless to say, one mistake with Gparted, and you lose all your data.
You should not try to share /boot partition between distros, it is a very bad idea for a new user. Actually, if you use EFI, you do not need separate /boot partition at all.
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
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Barafu Albino
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Thanks for your comments Barafu. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1995. Redhat, Suse, Debian, Caldera, Slackware, Gentoo, Opensuse, Fedora.......I tried them all and more. I don't need to shrink anything as I was saying that this installation will go into a new SSD. I already tried what you're suggesting and my EFI partition got overwritten by Ubuntu. I do not have time for system reinstall at the moment. I will probably have to clone a disk and try again.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:31
EFI partition overwritten? That some absolutely weird stuff, unless you checked the "format" checkbox next to it. You didn't, did you?
– Barafu Albino
Mar 15 at 12:18
No, I was mounting it only. The only formatted partitions were new root and swap. I also experimented with legacy boot and sharing the same /boot partition for both OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 12:45
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1 Answer
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You do not need the installer to recognize another OS to do coinstallation. That is just a convenience feature. What you need now is to boot LiveUSB, run a tool called Gparted, and shrink the existing Ubuntu partition to free up some space, then create an empty partition there. Apply changes, run the installator, and install into the new partition.
Needless to say, one mistake with Gparted, and you lose all your data.
You should not try to share /boot partition between distros, it is a very bad idea for a new user. Actually, if you use EFI, you do not need separate /boot partition at all.
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
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answered Mar 15 at 11:17
Barafu Albino
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Thanks for your comments Barafu. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1995. Redhat, Suse, Debian, Caldera, Slackware, Gentoo, Opensuse, Fedora.......I tried them all and more. I don't need to shrink anything as I was saying that this installation will go into a new SSD. I already tried what you're suggesting and my EFI partition got overwritten by Ubuntu. I do not have time for system reinstall at the moment. I will probably have to clone a disk and try again.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:31
EFI partition overwritten? That some absolutely weird stuff, unless you checked the "format" checkbox next to it. You didn't, did you?
– Barafu Albino
Mar 15 at 12:18
No, I was mounting it only. The only formatted partitions were new root and swap. I also experimented with legacy boot and sharing the same /boot partition for both OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 12:45
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
You do not need the installer to recognize another OS to do coinstallation. That is just a convenience feature. What you need now is to boot LiveUSB, run a tool called Gparted, and shrink the existing Ubuntu partition to free up some space, then create an empty partition there. Apply changes, run the installator, and install into the new partition.
Needless to say, one mistake with Gparted, and you lose all your data.
You should not try to share /boot partition between distros, it is a very bad idea for a new user. Actually, if you use EFI, you do not need separate /boot partition at all.
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
12.7k84589
answered Mar 15 at 11:17
Barafu Albino
4,79311732
Thanks for your comments Barafu. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1995. Redhat, Suse, Debian, Caldera, Slackware, Gentoo, Opensuse, Fedora.......I tried them all and more. I don't need to shrink anything as I was saying that this installation will go into a new SSD. I already tried what you're suggesting and my EFI partition got overwritten by Ubuntu. I do not have time for system reinstall at the moment. I will probably have to clone a disk and try again.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:31
EFI partition overwritten? That some absolutely weird stuff, unless you checked the "format" checkbox next to it. You didn't, did you?
– Barafu Albino
Mar 15 at 12:18
No, I was mounting it only. The only formatted partitions were new root and swap. I also experimented with legacy boot and sharing the same /boot partition for both OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 12:45
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
You do not need the installer to recognize another OS to do coinstallation. That is just a convenience feature. What you need now is to boot LiveUSB, run a tool called Gparted, and shrink the existing Ubuntu partition to free up some space, then create an empty partition there. Apply changes, run the installator, and install into the new partition.
Needless to say, one mistake with Gparted, and you lose all your data.
You should not try to share /boot partition between distros, it is a very bad idea for a new user. Actually, if you use EFI, you do not need separate /boot partition at all.
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
12.7k84589
answered Mar 15 at 11:17
Barafu Albino
4,79311732
You do not need the installer to recognize another OS to do coinstallation. That is just a convenience feature. What you need now is to boot LiveUSB, run a tool called Gparted, and shrink the existing Ubuntu partition to free up some space, then create an empty partition there. Apply changes, run the installator, and install into the new partition.
Needless to say, one mistake with Gparted, and you lose all your data.
You should not try to share /boot partition between distros, it is a very bad idea for a new user. Actually, if you use EFI, you do not need separate /boot partition at all.
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
12.7k84589
answered Mar 15 at 11:17
Barafu Albino
4,79311732
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
12.7k84589
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
12.7k84589
edited Mar 15 at 11:53
Arronical
12.7k84589
12.7k84589
answered Mar 15 at 11:17
Barafu Albino
4,79311732
answered Mar 15 at 11:17
Barafu Albino
4,79311732
answered Mar 15 at 11:17
Barafu Albino
4,79311732
4,79311732
Thanks for your comments Barafu. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1995. Redhat, Suse, Debian, Caldera, Slackware, Gentoo, Opensuse, Fedora.......I tried them all and more. I don't need to shrink anything as I was saying that this installation will go into a new SSD. I already tried what you're suggesting and my EFI partition got overwritten by Ubuntu. I do not have time for system reinstall at the moment. I will probably have to clone a disk and try again.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:31
EFI partition overwritten? That some absolutely weird stuff, unless you checked the "format" checkbox next to it. You didn't, did you?
– Barafu Albino
Mar 15 at 12:18
No, I was mounting it only. The only formatted partitions were new root and swap. I also experimented with legacy boot and sharing the same /boot partition for both OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 12:45
add a comment |Â
Thanks for your comments Barafu. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1995. Redhat, Suse, Debian, Caldera, Slackware, Gentoo, Opensuse, Fedora.......I tried them all and more. I don't need to shrink anything as I was saying that this installation will go into a new SSD. I already tried what you're suggesting and my EFI partition got overwritten by Ubuntu. I do not have time for system reinstall at the moment. I will probably have to clone a disk and try again.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:31
EFI partition overwritten? That some absolutely weird stuff, unless you checked the "format" checkbox next to it. You didn't, did you?
– Barafu Albino
Mar 15 at 12:18
No, I was mounting it only. The only formatted partitions were new root and swap. I also experimented with legacy boot and sharing the same /boot partition for both OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 12:45
Thanks for your comments Barafu. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1995. Redhat, Suse, Debian, Caldera, Slackware, Gentoo, Opensuse, Fedora.......I tried them all and more. I don't need to shrink anything as I was saying that this installation will go into a new SSD. I already tried what you're suggesting and my EFI partition got overwritten by Ubuntu. I do not have time for system reinstall at the moment. I will probably have to clone a disk and try again.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:31
Thanks for your comments Barafu. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1995. Redhat, Suse, Debian, Caldera, Slackware, Gentoo, Opensuse, Fedora.......I tried them all and more. I don't need to shrink anything as I was saying that this installation will go into a new SSD. I already tried what you're suggesting and my EFI partition got overwritten by Ubuntu. I do not have time for system reinstall at the moment. I will probably have to clone a disk and try again.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:31
EFI partition overwritten? That some absolutely weird stuff, unless you checked the "format" checkbox next to it. You didn't, did you?
– Barafu Albino
Mar 15 at 12:18
EFI partition overwritten? That some absolutely weird stuff, unless you checked the "format" checkbox next to it. You didn't, did you?
– Barafu Albino
Mar 15 at 12:18
No, I was mounting it only. The only formatted partitions were new root and swap. I also experimented with legacy boot and sharing the same /boot partition for both OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 12:45
No, I was mounting it only. The only formatted partitions were new root and swap. I also experimented with legacy boot and sharing the same /boot partition for both OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 12:45
add a comment |Â
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I would not share the home partition between two different flavours of Ubuntu (and the same holds for different versions). Instead you can have your personal files in a separate data partition (and mount it via a custom line in each system's
/etc/fstabfile.– sudodus
Mar 15 at 11:18
That's the same thing. I would not share the same account home directory with both systems. One would be "/home/account1" and another will be "/home/account2" only one will be mounted in each OS.
– George Osvald
Mar 15 at 11:48