have any of you mannaged to successfully install linux alongside with windows?

Mon Nov 1 14:15:39 UTC 2021

Thanks Matthew,

I am glad you told me about the system checks every five bootups. I was 
wondering why the system slows down from time to time.

I noticed a problem, and I am not sure if it has anything to do with me 
running the linux from an sd card or I screwed up something during 
installation. The problem I noticed is that the date and time of my 
entire laptop gets changed. Everytime I bootup my windows, I find the 
time and date changed. So when I go back to my linux and try to check 
the date and time settings, I get an error message. It is a long message 
but I understand from it that service is unknown and something to the 
effect that file not found. The problem is that I do not know how to 
review the screen to capture the exact text of such messages. I could 
take a screen shot and send to you if this helps, or tell me how to 
review the screen and copy such error messages.

Cheers,

Ibrahim

On 2021-11-01 07:11, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi Ibrahim,
>
> I am glad you installed Slint on an SD card with no issue.
>
> The root (or system) partition of Slint has been formatted with an 
> f2fs file
> system that fits this kind of devices. To know more about f2fs:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
>
> To be safe the file system is checked periodically (every 5 bootups by
> default), which takes several minutes and could make you wonder if the 
> system
> is really starting. Just wait patiently until the check be completed. 
> You can
> change the periodicity of this check just editing as root the file
> /etc/f2fs.conf.
>
> I just realized that there is a typo in the comment in this file, 
> instead of:
> # For instance FREQUENCY=5 means the root file system will be started 
> every five
> # boot.
> please read:
> # For instance FREQUENCY=5 means the root file system will be checked 
> every five
> # boots.
>
> @Matthew:
> I have considered providing a similar feature (ability to shrink a NTFS
> partition used by Windows) in Slint as in Ubuntu and even implemented 
> it. I
> checked it with the help of Jean-Pierre André (Linux NTFS developer) but
> renounced to provide it: although it seemed safe I couldn't exclude 
> that a
> future evolution of Windows' handling of their partitions would make 
> it unsafe,
> with a risk of breaking Windows or corrupting its data.
>
> More generally, I think that it is safer to shrink a partition from 
> the system
> using it. In case of Slint, how-to shrink a Windows partition from 
> Windows
> itself is indicated in our handbook:
> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#make_room_for_Slint
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
>
>
> Le 01/11/2021 à 01:22, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> Thanks Matthew,
>>
>> I am not usually that adventurous when it comes with dealing with 
>> operating systems, nontheless, I dared to install slint on an SD 
>> card. It took approximately half an hour to do the installation. Now 
>> I am sending this email from this Slint installation. I guess I was a 
>> little nervous, so I do not remember that Slint asked me if I want to 
>> install alongside windows. I chose auto installation and it presented 
>> me with the drives and one of them was the drive where my windows 
>> installation resides. I was afraid that if I chose it it would wipe 
>> my entire hard disc.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ibrahim
>>
>> On 2021-10-31 16:14, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have an external HD  which has fedora living on it quite well I  
>>> have installed ubuntu alongside windows several times and at the 
>>> prompt where ubuntu searches for other systems on your disk, one of 
>>> the options is install alongside windows if this is selected, ubuntu 
>>> will do the resizing for you.  If you want, you could do a backup 
>>> first to be sure that everything is saved first but all should be 
>>> good.  If unsure, you could just install to a external drive as I 
>>> did and everything should work that way.
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 31, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You can install in a 32 GB or preferably in a 64 GB USB stick but 
>>>> it will be
>>>> rather slow.
>>>>
>>>> Better, if the computer has an SD card slot and is able to boot 
>>>> from a SD card
>>>> (not all do), use a good quality SD card.
>>>>
>>>> In any case an external SSD is way faster.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Didier
>>>>
>>>> Le 31/10/2021 à 20:28, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>>>> I am going through the handbook and trying to understand the 
>>>>> various concepts. I have not seen the installation in a virtual 
>>>>> box yet. I am wondering if I can install it on a 32 or 64 GB USB 
>>>>> stick, or does it have to be an external SSD?
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Ibrahim
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> On Oct 31, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Ibrahim.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, there is no live install for Slint.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) Before you install it on your hard disk, you can install and 
>>>>>> run it in a
>>>>>> VirtualBox virtual machine. Then, choose the intel hd audio 
>>>>>> controller right
>>>>>> after the virtual machine creation. to prevent loss of speech during
>>>>>> installation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) If you can afford it you can install Slint in a dedicated hard 
>>>>>> drive or SSD
>>>>>> which can be an an internal second drive or an external drive USB 
>>>>>> connected.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3) You can safely share a drive between Windows and Slint, if 
>>>>>> Windows boots in
>>>>>> UEFI mode.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4) In any case the installer will presents you all possibilities for
>>>>>> installation and will let you review all installation options 
>>>>>> before writing
>>>>>> anything on a hard disk. If you change your mind you will be able 
>>>>>> to change
>>>>>> any option. If you decide to install later or not at all, after a 
>>>>>> reboot Windows
>>>>>> will start as usual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After installation you will be able to choose which system to 
>>>>>> start at boot up.
>>>>>> When you will hear a sound telling you that the machine is ready 
>>>>>> to boot, just
>>>>>> press Enter to start Slint or press arrow down then Enter to 
>>>>>> start Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fell free require more guidance in one of the support channels 
>>>>>> listed in the
>>>>>> HandBook.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>>> Didier
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Didier Spaier
>>>>>> Slint maintainer
>>>>>> didier at slint dot fr
>>>>>> Le 31/10/2021 à 16:41, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>>>>>> Thanks a million Didier,
>>>>>>> This is a great handbook. One of the things which discouraged me 
>>>>>>> from adopting linux in the past was the lack of easy to follow 
>>>>>>> documentations. Everytime I tried, I found myself browsing in 
>>>>>>> highly technical documents that sounded like a foreign language 
>>>>>>> to me. This handbook seems to avoid this problem.
>>>>>>> I will certainly try slint, if it can be used as a live install 
>>>>>>> without having to physically install on my hard disc. I will 
>>>>>>> also browse this handbook to learn more about slint.
>>>>>>> Thanks for this. I will certainly need your help if I install it 
>>>>>>> on my hard disc. What I want ideally is the ability to have both 
>>>>>>> linux and windows running on the same machine, and I choose 
>>>>>>> which one to start at bootup.
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Ibrahim
>>>>>>> On 10/31/21 4:06 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello Ibrahim,
>>>>>>>> this is easily done with Slint, if Windows boots in EFI mode:
>>>>>>>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Didier
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Didier Spaier
>>>>>>>> Slint maintainer
>>>>>>>> Le 31/10/2021 à 04:18, Linux for blind general discussion a 
>>>>>>>> écrit :
>>>>>>>>> Hello folks,
>>>>>>>>> I have been playing with Linux mint and Accessible Coconut for 
>>>>>>>>> over 24 hours. I am getting to like this system. However, When 
>>>>>>>>> I contemplated installing on my hard disk, I found the 
>>>>>>>>> installation process a little confusing and scary. I always 
>>>>>>>>> reverted back and aborted the installation to prevent an 
>>>>>>>>> unintended damage to my windows operating system.
>>>>>>>>> If any of you have successfully managed to install linux 
>>>>>>>>> alongside with windows on the same hard disk, please advise me 
>>>>>>>>> on how to go about it safely.
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Ibrahim
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