Logan01,
Okay, I'm up to page 10 of your saga, and it's time for a break to let all that info seep in. One question occurs: since the boot environment of my win10 system is BIOS, not UEFI (see the image in this post), it would appear that my journey from a win10-only system to a system that dual-boots into either Win10 or Kubuntu will be a bit shorter than yours. Why? Because I will not need to encounter the task of creating an ESP -- or, alternatively, go through the pain of forcing the Kubuntu installer to find, recognize and use the ESP that Windows supposedly would have already created for purposes of running Win10. BIOS, it appears to me, provides a less-complicated path to Kubuntu installation. But, now would be an excellent time to know if that's actually true!
A few years ago, I installed Ubutntu 12.04 alongside an XP system on a pretty pedestrian laptop. The hardest part was creating the installation USB stick -- my big task at that point was learning what .iso files were all about. As I recall, the partitioning was a painless process; I did not use GParted (I guess I must have let the Ubuntu installation utility handle the task); and my now-hazy recollection is that the whole process was surprisingly smooth, simple, and error-free. I find it somewhat surprising to learn, several releases later, that partitioning requires such extensive and detailed attention. I mean, I understand it's important -- and it's the subject of my OP, after all -- but I'm surprised to find that figuring out, and configuring, partitions is such a weedy endeavor.
Okay, I'm up to page 10 of your saga, and it's time for a break to let all that info seep in. One question occurs: since the boot environment of my win10 system is BIOS, not UEFI (see the image in this post), it would appear that my journey from a win10-only system to a system that dual-boots into either Win10 or Kubuntu will be a bit shorter than yours. Why? Because I will not need to encounter the task of creating an ESP -- or, alternatively, go through the pain of forcing the Kubuntu installer to find, recognize and use the ESP that Windows supposedly would have already created for purposes of running Win10. BIOS, it appears to me, provides a less-complicated path to Kubuntu installation. But, now would be an excellent time to know if that's actually true!
A few years ago, I installed Ubutntu 12.04 alongside an XP system on a pretty pedestrian laptop. The hardest part was creating the installation USB stick -- my big task at that point was learning what .iso files were all about. As I recall, the partitioning was a painless process; I did not use GParted (I guess I must have let the Ubuntu installation utility handle the task); and my now-hazy recollection is that the whole process was surprisingly smooth, simple, and error-free. I find it somewhat surprising to learn, several releases later, that partitioning requires such extensive and detailed attention. I mean, I understand it's important -- and it's the subject of my OP, after all -- but I'm surprised to find that figuring out, and configuring, partitions is such a weedy endeavor.
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