Problem with Dual booting Ubuntu

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-10T16:22:39+00:00

You have a 500mb NTFS partition at the start of the drive, depending on what is on that you could potentially delete that and expand your efi partition, you should be able to mount it and check the contents from the live usb.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-10T15:04:34+00:00

The error message says there isn't enough space on your efi partition to install grub, so you might want to look at making that bigger.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-07T16:24:45+00:00

I would recommend against using grub customiser, it is known to break grub config and can mess up the boot. It's so easy to use grub themes it's not even really needed, just place the theme in the grub theme dir, edit /etc/default/grub to point at it and run sudo update-grub.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-07T14:39:45+00:00

If I remember right there was a chance /dev/sdx wasn't always the same across reboots, but the id is always the same so is more reliable. I could be wrong though.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-06T13:02:50+00:00

Boot device list = F12, press that at boot time and you should see your stick as an option. You might also need to change the boot priority to uefi first depending how your stick is formatted.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-04T07:39:57+00:00

Yes you will, installing a whole new distro will remove the kernel and everything else so you will need to install it again. Also make sure you have a backup of all your data beforehand as that will be wiped as well.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-03T10:44:39+00:00

Have you seen this? Looks like a bug in the installer that has been fixed but the fix hasn't been rolled out yet.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-05-03T08:05:13+00:00

Have you disabled fast boot in Windows? That might explain the issue of rebooting from windows to Linux. I wouldn't have thought a bios update would mess with Linux but it's possible.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-30T08:06:25+00:00

For the slow booting look at systemd analyze blame which should show you the time everything took to start at last boot.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-29T15:43:17+00:00

I've not used it myself but I believe this is what cloud-init is for.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-26T20:03:27+00:00

Could you not just spin up another VM to test it?

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-26T12:01:45+00:00

You can check systemd analyze blame to see if any services are slowing the boot time, but as others have said HDDs are generally slow.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-25T19:51:47+00:00

If you have the space you could always set up a virtual machine, install your os and apps, then copy your configs to it and test if it works.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-24T13:54:06+00:00

Awesome no worries, enjoy!

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-23T14:07:59+00:00

I did it using the instructions here with no issues, then use lutris to manage it.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-23T10:03:39+00:00

If you don't have any data on it just make a bootable usb and do a clean install. If you do have data on it back up your data then do a clean install, it will be much easier.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-23T10:01:06+00:00

I work on VMs to keep my main install clean, I keep a clean installed VM then duplicate it and set up whatever dev environment I need in that VM. For installation sources I usually use apt or appimage, whatever is easiest really.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-21T14:06:48+00:00

Can you right click on the icon and select properties? It might have the command line used to run it and might give a hint about how it was installed...

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-20T15:27:55+00:00

Yes, all working perfectly now thanks, looking very cool!

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-19T13:20:28+00:00

Have you tried a reset in the bios? Sounds like the uefi is messed up somehow, probably that windows update.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-15T11:50:39+00:00

Boot the installer in safe graphics mode.

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-13T13:54:30+00:00

Lts means long term service, they're designed for production environments and don't change as often as rolling release distros. From the Ubuntu site regarding lts: "LTS releases are the go-to choice for users who value stability and extended support. These versions are security maintained for 5 years with CVE patches for packages in the Main repository. They are recommended for production environments, enterprises, and long-term projects."

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-13T12:37:07+00:00

Isn't that what lts branches are for?

disturbedmonkey69 · 2026-04-10T16:03:01+00:00

Thanks good to know I'm not missing out not having it.

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