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Post by jimbux » Thu Oct 12, pm. Post by owl » Thu Oct 12, pm. Post by desertcat » Fri Oct 13, am. Post by owl » Fri Oct 13, pm. Post by jimbux » Wed Oct 18, pm. Post by etuckram » Thu Oct 19, pm. Privacy Terms. Quick links. I made a bunch of mistakes mostly fueled by ignorance, anyway as a possible help to others out there stumbling around in the dark, perhaps my notes here will help flip on the light-switch and make this process easier for someone else.
Since Centos7. Prior to this I had used my CentOS install disk's recovery mode to give me a shell where I could use "gdisk" to make the 1Tb disk use a gpt partition table as opposed to DOS. It's possible if you start with a DOS partition table that the Windows 10 installer will flip it for you, but I had already in my many failed trials apparently tried to install non-UEFI Windows 10 onto a gpt partition tabled disk and it simply refused to deal with it I think I did so many variations that it's hard to recall all the road blocks.
So, proceed with the Windows install - it will take over the whole disk. Once it's all installed free up some space with "Shrink" via the disk management tools lots of help to do this online. Once this is done, reboot, and with the same proceedure, launch your CentOS 7.
The following link is really useful especially IF you do the above steps because then the instructions on the web-page will mirror what you see on your screen - otherwise, it's going to be different, and different is BAD. I'm fuzzy on the whole Good-Bad thing, OK, Imagine every molecule in your body simultaneously exploding at the speed of light Nothing else should need to be done!
I hope that helps - It will probably help me again in a year when I completely forget this entire process. Cheers, James. Last edited by jimbux on Wed Oct 18, pm, edited 2 times in total. I did an update to Windows last night that perhaps stomped on something important this was first time booting since successful installs followed by win-update last night?
I don't know. Wow - this process is so difficult. Last edited by jimbux on Thu Oct 12, pm, edited 2 times in total. I found something that seems to be on the right track, from Ubuntu forums. Does anyone know the CentoOS equivalent to this? So the next time windows wipes the efi - you can easily restore.
I was still able to dual boot both win10 and CentOS 7. Thx for the suggestions, but I don't think VM is for me. I use some memory intensive applications and want to minimize the footprint of the OS. Also, my gut tells me that running one OS inside another may have it's own set of issues that I'd prefer to not layer on top of the usual host of difficulties when faced with debugging something that isn't working right.
Perhaps I'm wrong and using a VM is smooth as silk and no different than what I'm doing, but I doubt it. So why UEFI? Good question. I believe that was limiting how many partitions could be made on the disk, so when I installed CentOS it ended up stomping on some Windows partitions and consequently win10 became unrecoverable and couldn't be repaired thus my repeated adnauseum number of reinstalls - I had my windows key memorized that's how many times I did it.
When I reformatted the disk to be gpt - using gdisk or fdisk the Windows installer would NOT let me install win10 - and apparently it's because I was still trying to install it in non-UEFI mode. Thanks again to everyone who pitched in ideas to help me out! I downloaded the everything version I guess and I created a bootable usb using rufus.
So I went through the process and it is even asking me to create 1 MB of partition for biosboot and I did. So it went through the install and as I enter the root password, the installation froze. I reset the laptop and now, it won't boot my windows First, how to properly install centos on a laptop? Is rufus a recommended tool to use? Optional, if you can tell me how to fix windows boot record that would be awesome.
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- Dual Boot UEFI Window 10 Centos - helpful hints - CentOS
Just have a try! What is CentOS? CentOS is a free and open-source community-supported computing platform that is functionally compatible with its upstream source, RHEL. Step 1: Go to the official CentOS download page. Under CentOS Stream, version 8 and version 9 are offered. I recommend you choose CentOS Stream 9.
The reason is as follows:. CentOS 7 was released in and its maintenance will be ended in June CentOS 8 was released in Red Hat has originally committed to maintaining CentOS to , but the company broke the promise later and declared that it would end the support for CentOS 8 at the end of In a word, if you want to build a production platform, CentOS Linux is not recommended anymore.
Then, how about the CentOS Stream? Is it suitable for the production environment? The answer is NO. This change will undoubtedly affect the stability of CentOS. Then, how to choose between CentOS Stream 8 and 9? You can choose one according to your need. This post explains Fedora vs Ubuntu to you. After reading it, you can know how to choose between them. In this case, if some problems happen to CentOS, you can deal with them more easily. No matter which method you use, you should make space for CentOS install.
If you choose method 1, I recommend you create a separate partition for the VM so that you can manage it better. If you choose method 2, you should make enough unallocated space for CentOS.
In most cases, you can complete this job by using the Windows Disk Management tool to shrink a partition. You can shrink more than one partition and then gather all unallocated space together.
In this way, you can have enough space for CentOS install. Free Download. Step 2: Drag the two arrows on the two sides of the partition to shrink the partition, and then drag the block to move the location of the partition. Then, click the OK button. In this way, you can get unallocated space. Through the same method, you can gather all unallocated space together.
Step 3: If you want to dual boot Windows 10 and CentOS, you should click the Apply button to execute the pending operation. If you use VM software, you should right-click the unallocated space and choose the Create button. Step 4: Set parameters for the new partition. Hyper-V is the Windows built-in virtual machine program, while VMware and VirtualBox are third-party virtual machine programs.
To do this, you may need to use an ISO burning program like Rufus. Step 2: Restart your computer. Then, save changes and exit the firmware. After that, you will see the following picture.
You will enter the CentOS installation interface. You can follow the on-screen instructions to install the CentOS. During this process, here are some tips for you:. Step 4: After completing the CentOS installation, you need to repair the Windows 10 boot option so that you can enter Windows 10 later.
To do this, here are 2 ways:. As mentioned above, CentOS is no longer suitable for the production environment. Here is a post talking about how to dual boot Windows 10 and CentOS. Click to Tweet. Is this post useful to you? Do you have other ideas about CentOS install? Please leave your comments in the following zone. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Author Linda has been working as an editor at MiniTool for 1 year. As a fresh man in IT field, she is curious about computer knowledge and learns it crazily.
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