Comments on: How to Dual Boot Linux Mint 20 with Windows 10

By: Abhijit

Abhijit — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:17:51 +0000

In reply to Abhijit. In windows wifi works fine

By: Abhijit

Abhijit — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:17:10 +0000

After i installed linux mint everything works fine but I cannot see any WIFI connections anywhere I had my usb wifi adapter connected in my usb port but still can’t access internet through wifi but only through mobile usb tethering please help with this… I think the problem might be wifi adapter drivers which are from realtek rtl…

By: James Kiarie

James Kiarie — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:37:14 +0000

In reply to John M..

Hey John, thanks for reaching out.

In a dual boot setup, there are two options that are available. In this case, we have ‘Install Mint alongside Windows 10’ which does the automatic partitioning for you. This is most recommended for beginners as we stated in Step 5. The reason we decided to focus more on manual partitioning is that it allows you to define your own separate partitions. I’m sorry to hear about your predicament of the system getting filled up so fast. The recommended hard disk space requirement for Mint 20 is 15G. There’s no upper limit to how much space you can allocate to your Linux installation. May I know which packages filled up your system so fast?

By: John M.

John M. — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:08:54 +0000

I very much wanted to explore Linux Mint, I did virtual machines for a while at first and learned how to do that. I then wanted to take the next step and make my computer a dual boot system. Although I am more advanced than many out there with computers I am no expert so I followed these instructions. I have had Linux Mint 20 installed now for a week and have tried installing some software. I installed about 3 packages and now I get warnings that the root directory and the others suggested are full with little to no space. If this is so, then the install calls for too small of directories and you basically have a second machine that is incapable of handling more than a few programs. I am deeply disappointed that someone would put instructions for us (less computer literate) that don’t produce a real working machine. What is wrong with using the automatic partitioning that Linux offers? if you say use the empty space you already took from windows?

By: Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:27:10 +0000

In reply to Andy.

Hey Andy,

In the bios UFEI mode is enabled then /boot/efi partition needs to be created to start and load the OS properly.

If Legacy bios mode is enabled then no need to create EFI partition.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:18:46 +0000

I got the same warning as the previous comment;

“No EFI System Partition was found. This system will likely not be able to boot successfully, and the installation process may fail.

Please go back and add an EFI System Partition, or continue at your own risk.”

Any advice would be very much appreciated, thanks.

By: Dodan

Dodan — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:03:21 +0000

It keeps giving me a missing EFI partition error, what does this mean? do i skip it?