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How do I use LUKS encrypted partitions with Kubuntu 24.04 installation?
I am trying to install Kubuntu 24.04 with manual partitioning. I have created primary partitions for EFI and boot, and an encrypted partition with logical volumes for swap, root, and home.
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Help with partitioning scheme for new Kubuntu dual boot
I have a 256 GB SSD and a 1TB HDD in my laptop. I want to dual-boot Kubuntu 20.04 with Windows 10. Please explain what exactly do /var and /tmp do, because I need to do some web developing and want to ...
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Kubuntu takes more than 2 minutes to boot!
Okay... so I did something which I was probably not supposed to do. I have a 256 GB SSD. GParted from a live Kubuntu CD showed that I have 16gb of unallocated space. I wanted to add it to the root ...
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Installing Kubuntu with Manual Partitioning & Encryption
I'm trying to install Kubuntu 20.04 with LVM encryption on a dual-boot machine. Previously, I'd done this on Mint per these simple steps. In brief, all you have to do setup your partitions manually ...
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Merge two partitions from different dev/sdb on USB
So I have a Kubuntu installation on my USB but the problem was that I formatted/split the disk space wrongly. This caused my Linux installation to have almost no disk space to use while my leftover ...
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trying to dual boot kubuntu with windows 7
I have windows 7 as my primary is .
Now I would like to install kubuntu here is what I get in the disk setup
What should I do to use dual boot??
Manual option doesn't do anything!!
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Isn't /boot a separate mount?
My understanding is that /boot is being accessed by lower level tools (e.g. grub) during system startup and so it is formatted specially in a simpler format than the rest of the disk.
But when I do:
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Dual boot - Kubuntu and Windows 8 - how to?
I recently installed Windows 8 on my computer.
These are the specs:
Fx-8150 CPU
8 GB RAM
ATI HD7870
120 GB SSD
2 TB HDD
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (rev 1.1) (only bios but EFI mode possible for ...
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