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    Linux partition on dv6t?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Althernai, Jul 30, 2011.

  1. Althernai

    Althernai Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you've installed Linux on the dv6, how did you do it? After I did the minimum image restore and HP did a BIOS update, I now have 4 primary partitions:

    C: (this one has to stay -- I need Windows as well as Linux)
    HP Tools (presumably for the BIOS update)
    Recovery
    SYSTEM (I have no idea what this is)

    It appears to be impossible to have more than 4 primary partitions so Linux refuses to install. Is there some way around this or do I need to delete some of HP's stuff?
     
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  2. uggarocka

    uggarocka Notebook Enthusiast

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    SYSTEM is the boot partition for Windows; you need that. You can delete HP_TOOLS partition (after copying its Hewlett-Packard folder to a safe location like C: ), shrink C:, make a new extended partition, and use your HP_TOOLS and linux partitions as logical ones. You can use EASEUS partition manager home edition to do all this from within Windows; I do NOT recommend using Linux to mess with partitions anymore since Windows complains and forces you to do a start-up recovery.
     
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  3. Althernai

    Althernai Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks. I deleted the Recovery partition from within the HP Support Assistant (I've made the disks so I don't need it anymore) and Linux was able to install after that. I am wary of messing with HP Tools because this is how HP appears to do BIOS updates and I want to keep it at least until they fix switchable graphics.
     
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    uggarocka Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's great. For others, though, I can affirm that as long as you copy the files into a new FAT32 partition labeled HP_TOOLS, the system diagnostics tool (through which BIOS updates) continues to work.
     
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