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ITSMGuy
Aug 11, 2023Copper Contributor
How to setup Windows Debian and/or Fedora dual boot from scratch?
I just built a new computer and it was initially going to be a Linux gaming workstation but I'm not completely sold on Linux gaming even using Steam. So I've installed all 3 on it at some point over the week but I then figured, why not install them all or at least 2 of them (one Linux and one Windows). I have a 500 GB SSD and 4 TB HD. I was going to put windows on the SSD and Linux on the 4 TB because I could then also run my services (plex, web, mysql, mail, etc).
I'm not sure how much space games would need so I was thinking I would add a 1 TB SSD and I can put Windows 11 on the 1 TB, Fedora on the 500 GB and Debian on the 4 TB (Debian and Windows may switch). I've been hearing that Windows has the tendency to overwrite the mbr. If that is the case, I guess I should install that last?
One more key note is that I have all of these one one usb drive and they are all unattended isos so I would like to be able to select which to install and just let it go. The current configuration is this:
- sda = 500 GB
- sdb = 4 TB
- sdc = 1 TB (optional)
My preseed.cfg is set to install on /dev/sda. My autoinstall.xml is set to install on disk 1 but has a problem installing if I have first installed Debian on /dev/sda. It says it can't "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information." The odd thing is that it does create the 4 partitions. Where can I find this Setup log file because if I hit OK, it reboots.
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I would suggest installing Windows 11 first, then using disk managenment to partition the drives to the right amounts, then label each of those volumes..
Then install the other Operating Systems on that volume!
Shawn