The original post: /r/linux by /u/mcAlt009 on 2024-12-26 07:13:57.
I tend to dual boot my systems and while I understand not every use case will be supported, I just saw two separate distros fail to install using suggested settings.
I really like CachyOS on my Legion Go, so I figured it would be a great option on my new laptop. Before knowing I'd keep it, I had just used the OEM 512 GB SSD. CachyOS got the whole thing and all was well.( Use Plasma , the other desktops have weird issues).
Then after I fell in love with the device, I decided to upgrade my SSD to a 2TB( on 2280 drives this is like 90 to 100$). Reinstalled Windows and then left a full 1TB empty for CachyOS.
Tell CachyOS to use its guided share a drive partioning. It either tried to use the Windows EFI drive , or created one that was too small. The install failed.
To be honest this wasn't too surprising since it also fails when trying to dual boot on the Go.
The fix is to manually create two patterns.
One BTFS with / as the mount point, and a second FAT32 drive with /boot as the mount point and the boot flag. I gave it a full 4GB which should be more than enough.
Cool. While this is what I ultimately did, I wanted to play dumb.
I deleted the Cachy partition and started up the Open Suse Tumbleweed installer ( which I don't particularly like since it's not a live USB environment - it's a good idea to test you're wifi, etc ).
Tumbleweed basically failed with the same error. Ran out of space using the guided install with a full 1TB free.
Now to be clear, I now have a dual boot CachyOS / Windows( updating BIOS without the OEM's Windows only application is extremely hard, although I dual boot for other reasons) machine and I'm happy.
But I can't imagine this being a fun experience for non technical people. If I didn't know what I was doing I'd of given up( even worse the installer will still leave an unbootable Linux install taking up half your drive, knowing to delete this partion so Windows can reclaim it isn't exactly easy).