davidbarros2
New Member
Greetings guys!
Not the most well versed guy in linux here, but I just been offered a new computer that I wish to dual boot arch linux alongside windows 10.
My big question is essentially what would be a good partition scheme, given this computer have and SSD (128G) and a HDD (1TB).
Making things simples I wanna have the boot partition on the SSD, as well as root partitions for arch and windows. On the HDD I just wanna split it in half to windows data and /home.
What would be a good partition scheme and how many UEFI partitions should I need to have?
Does it make any difference windows or linux at the beginning of the drive?
Something on the likes of:
SSD:
Should I install windows first and arch later so grub can overide the UEFI bootloader and allows me to chainload windows from it?
Should I pre-format the partitions using Gparted, windows included?
What extra things should I consider? Any advice would be very much welcome!
Not the most well versed guy in linux here, but I just been offered a new computer that I wish to dual boot arch linux alongside windows 10.
My big question is essentially what would be a good partition scheme, given this computer have and SSD (128G) and a HDD (1TB).
Making things simples I wanna have the boot partition on the SSD, as well as root partitions for arch and windows. On the HDD I just wanna split it in half to windows data and /home.
What would be a good partition scheme and how many UEFI partitions should I need to have?
Does it make any difference windows or linux at the beginning of the drive?
Something on the likes of:
SSD:
- Microsoft system recovery | NTFS | 500 MB
- EFI system partition | FAT32 | 100 MB
- Microsoft reserved partition | something | 20 MB
- Windows system | NTFS | 50 GB
- /Root | EXT4 | 50 GB
- /SWAP | SWAP | 4 GB
- Windows data | NTFS | 500 GB
- /Home | EXT4 | 500 GB
- Legacy boot
- Compatibility Mode (CSM)
- Secure Boot
- Fast Boot (USB stick might not be recognized at boot)
Should I install windows first and arch later so grub can overide the UEFI bootloader and allows me to chainload windows from it?
Should I pre-format the partitions using Gparted, windows included?
What extra things should I consider? Any advice would be very much welcome!