Ubuntu Installation Help Please.

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Athanc

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Hi guys. I have installed in the past Ubuntu on my laptop and at the time I created a new partition via the installation process and created a dual boot option alongside windows 10. Later I discovered that ubuntu had altered the boot loader of windows in order to accommodate the dual boot process for the two operating systems.

My question is : Is there a way where Ubuntu can be installed alongside windows 10 without altering the bootloader. I am not interested in having the dual boot option. I am willing to go the extra mile regarding having both operating systems without altering windows 10 bootloader.

Thanks in advance guys.
 
I removed my windows drive, installed Linux mint and then plugged it back in. I set the boot device priority to my linux drive and only manually select the windows drive when I need to get into M$
 
Also went that route. Two drives for the different systems.
 
You don't want Dual Boot...but you do want Dual Boot...that makes no sense.

The other way is to have two separate drives but then you need to change the boot order in BIOS every time, but it's still dual boot in reality.
 
Why exactly do you want to do this? Either dual boot or if testing software > VM.
 
Athanc said:
Hi guys. I have installed in the past Ubuntu on my laptop and at the time I created a new partition via the installation process and created a dual boot option alongside windows 10. Later I discovered that ubuntu had altered the boot loader of windows in order to accommodate the dual boot process for the two operating systems.

My question is : Is there a way where Ubuntu can be installed alongside windows 10 without altering the bootloader. I am not interested in having the dual boot option. I am willing to go the extra mile regarding having both operating systems without altering windows 10 bootloader.

Thanks in advance guys.
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If it's just a simple technical issue that you don't want the windows bootloader altered then the method of installing both os'es independently and then switching boot drives in the bios is the best solution

If you want the best of both worlds type thing then see link below.
You need 2 actual gpu's to make this work and it is very hit and miss on laptops. If yours has a radeon or nvidia card along with intel graphics you might be able to pull it off. I'm using such a setup and it works realy well. I have 2 GPU's in my box, one for linux and one for windows and i have full access to both at the same time. The windows side is a virtual machine which i use for gaming. Linux mint running as the host is my daily driver.

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=212692
 
As has been mentioned previously, just configure your boot order in your bios. But consider the real reason for installing Ubuntu alongside Windows.. if you're using Windows purely for gaming and Linux for your office/dev work then maybe; otherwise just ditch one and stick to the one you find yourself using most often
 
If you only have one drive in a laptop you dont have much of an option. The only alternative is to have a usb flash stick connected and installing the mbr and maybe grub to the flash stick.

I still don't get why you don't just install it to the system drive.
 
If you only have one drive in a laptop you dont have much of an option. The only alternative is to have a usb flash stick connected and installing the mbr and maybe grub to the flash stick.

I still don't get why you don't just install it to the system drive.
 
ponder said:
If you only have one drive in a laptop you dont have much of an option. The only alternative is to have a usb flash stick connected and installing the mbr and maybe grub to the flash stick.

I still don't get why you don't just install it to the system drive.
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Did this on a work laptop. With USB 3 it worked will.

Then there are distros like Tails that are meant to be booted off a stick.
 
Just fix the bootloader. You will need to use a linux bootloader to see both of your operating systems. If you really have to run linux without altering the boot loader you need to install grub on a usb drive and boot from the usb drive and select whichever os you want. This is exactly the same as using grub from your main hard drive.
 
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