[ML-General] linux dual boot win 8.1?

[WebDawg]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Michael Patton <pattoma at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Has anyone done this recently that wouldn't mind letting me email them if
> I get stuck?
>
> Thx,
> mike
>
>

It has been a while.  It should be fairly simple with grub.  I think last
time, grub detected the windows install and added it automatically.

I can see if I can help.
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