Otherwise the exFAT partition for the ISOs will cover everything but the ESP (EFI system partition), the exFAT can’t be simply resized by GParted or Disks.Į.g. how to preserve additional space on the USB for other partitions (e.g. There is a README file in the downloaded folder describing options, e.g. Terminal install for the more adventures Minters: The resulting free / unallocated space can be formatted to any file system, e.g. to later format as Ext4 for Timeshift use):įrom the Ventoy GUI, select Option/Partition Configuration, check the “Preserve” checkbox and enter the space to preserve. If you want to preserve space on the drive (e.g. You can also create folders and files in the “Ventoy” (exFAT) partition, the boot menu will only offer the. x86_64 version), enjoy the GUI.ĭon’t forget to close the “ Elevated Privileges” FM window! Double click the appropriate “VentoyGUI.xxx” program (usually the. Open that folder, right click an empty space and select “ Open as Root”, authenticate. This will create a new folder “ventoy-xxx”. Open with Archive manager (default), click “Extract” and select your preferred location (e.g.
> Download the latest version of ventoy-xxx…, The GUI itself doesn't require installing.īe aware, Ventoy will occupy the whole USB drive, to circumvent see below for a Terminal install option. The Ventoy multi boot version on a USB drive (stick, HDD). Included in the download folder there is a beautiful GUI to install iso-files to the “Ventoy” partition and boot from this USB drive to get a boot menu to select which one to boot. For the sake of this tutorial, I’m using Linux Mint – Cinnamon edition.Ventoy is a multi-boot environment to boot different ISOs from one single USB drive. No matter which edition you pick, the installation method will be the same. Go to Linux Mint’s official website, and download the edition of Mint that you prefer. You can replace Linux Mint with Ubuntu and follow the partitioning section below. Let’s get right into the steps to dual boot windows 10 and Linux mint on your system. Steps to Dual Boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint You cannot install Linux Mint first and then Install Windows, Windows installer will simply remove your Linux Installation.
Note: This only works if you install Windows 10 first, or you already have a Windows installation on your hardware first. You still might need your Windows installation because of some proprietary software programs or games that just cannot run on Linux. Although it is laced with many features, Linux isn’t perfect yet. In this article, we are going to learn how can you dual boot windows 10 and Linux Mint and switch between them as per your needs.
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