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Virtualization has it's limits, especially if you're doing Linux
within Winblows, rather than the other way around. But it is good
for most normal things.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/08/2015 04:16 PM, Chris Smith
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<p dir="ltr">Be aware that your new laptop almost certainly boots
using UEFI, which is different from the legacy BIOS method. Mint
appears to be set up to handle UEFI, but I would read about it
first.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Google is your friend. Here is the top result for
"mint uefi dual boot":<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/06/11/how-to-dual-boot-linux-mint-17-and-windows-8-on-a-pc-with-uefi-firmware/">http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/06/11/how-to-dual-boot-linux-mint-17-and-windows-8-on-a-pc-with-uefi-firmware/</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Have you considered using virtualization? VMware or
virtualbox will save you from the headaches of dual booting.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Benefits of virtualization:<br>
Snapshots<br>
No reboot necessary<br>
Won't render your system unbootable<br>
No need to resize partitions<br>
It's cool<br>
Etc.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Good luck!</p>
<p dir="ltr">--Chris Smith<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 8, 2015 2:03 PM, "Michael Patton"
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<div dir="ltr">Hey y'all. I've been out of the dual boot world
for at least 4 years. I have a new laptop (lenovo) with
windows 8.1, touch screen, etc.
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<div>I want to do a dual boot with linux - installing mint
from a usb thumb drive. I don't want to do the live usb
thing because I want to do dev work on it and if it
dies...I die.</div>
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<div>Has anyone done this recently that wouldn't mind
letting me email them if I get stuck? </div>
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<div>Thx,</div>
<div>mike<br>
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