From here the system should be ready to install Ubuntu with separate root and home partitions.Windows 8 does not require any SSD optimizing or tweaks. To allocate separate partitions for root and home all you need to do is select the free space on the SSD and click on the + sign to the bottom left of the window to open the window below and configure the root partition with your preferred size (15-20 GBs is usually the recommended for value) and set it as Ext 4 Journalling file system, now do the same for the home partition but leave some extra space for the swap partition (it is recommended for the swap to be around the same value as your system memory), now use all of the free space left on the SSD but select swap area instead of an Ext4.
On the Linux side I have partitioned 18.65 GiB at ext4 as the root partition for Linux, a separate partition for user data at 437.77 GiB as the home partition and a linux-swap partition at 7.45 GiB. If you installed in Legacy mode you'd have a System Reserved partition instead of EFI boot, etc as well as the main primary Windows partition.
The system is partitioned in UEFI mode which means that Secure Boot is enabled and is why I have an EFI boot, recovery, and other NTFS system data partitions created by Windows during the installation process. The quickest option here would be to select Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 8 which will use all of the unallocated space left on the SSD to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 8 but if you want to fine-tune the process select Something elseįrom here you are able to create separate partitions for your root and home data which can be a huge advantage as it is possible to reinstall Ubuntu while keeping all of your user files and preferences intact.īelow is an screen capture of my current setup.
After the partitions are created select the Primary partition by clicking on it and select Next and go though the normal installation process.Īfter the Windows installation is complete insert your Ubuntu live-usb/disk and follow the instructions until you get to the window below. Windows will now create your primary partition as well as between 1 and 4 extra partition for system data and Recovery etc depending on whether you install in UEFI mode or not. Now select the Unallocated Space on your new SSD and click on the New icon and enter the number of Megabytes you want to allocate to Windows (In your case it would be 40% of the SSD) and click on apply. On Windows setup proceed until you get to the installation type window and select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced) and it should display the screen below. It is usually best to install Windows first as it will replace the bootloader and you would be unable to boot Ubuntu without loading a live-usb/disc to fix the bootloader.
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