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    X230, mSata, Win7 and Linux/Ubuntu

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Oofie, Sep 28, 2012.

  1. Oofie

    Oofie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my X230i and have been playing with it all night. I plan on getting an mSata drive for Windows 7 and Ubuntu and just use the regular HDD for storage. I will be doing clean installs for everything. This will be my first time dual booting a machine so I need help with planning the partitions.

    So my plan is to partition the mSata (128gb) so that Win7 will have 80gb and Ubuntu 40gb. My questions are, will this plan work? How do I format the HDD so that Ubuntu and Windows can share the drive? Is this advisable or is it better to have a separate partition just for Ubuntu files? Or is it better to leave the mSata dedicated to Windows only and just have a 100gb partition on my HDD for Ubuntu and it's files?

    Thanks for reading!
     
    Oofie, Sep 28, 2012
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    Ubuntu has a Windows installer and you can choose how large you want Ubuntu to be. All you need to do is have Windows installed, run the program and set the size that you want Ubuntu to be.

    Install Ubuntu with Windows
     
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    I actually did that with Wubi to check Ubuntu out. I really like it, and plan on dual booting for a more permanent setup. I read somewhere that having an Ubuntu/Linux independent from Windows will be more stable.
     
    Oofie, Sep 28, 2012
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