Hiya,
I need help setting up a new machine, as my dual-boot knowledge is very rusty, and my google-fu must be weak!
I've had dual-boot setups in the XP days, but nowadays run lubuntu 18.04 or 20.04 single-boot setups on all my 3 PCs / laptops.
I've got a new (to me) laptop - an old, but upgradable Samsung 400B - and want to carry on using Lububtu, but with the preinstalled win10 as backup for family.
I've managed to muddle through Win10's recovery mode, and get booted into a live environment, but have many nOOb questions if you don't mind:
(1) I'm unfamiliar with how Win10 machines do booting / security. The machine boots straight to w10 unless I restart via win10 recovery. Not even an "enter bios" option.
I assumed it would be a UFEI boot machine, so I could follow a tutorial. However once in the "bios" it says
Code:
Samsung electronic BIOS Team u5.4 c2.10.1208
At the bottom. This doesn't seem to be a UFEI setup, and there is no secure boot option. I'm therefore a little lost as to how to approach a full (dual boot) install.
(1.5) I have spare ssd's - will I mess anything up by simply switching out the SSD and installing on a spare one to test?
(2) I can only run the 20.04 live USB in live mode, persistent mode glitches out after starting a disk check.
(3) Trying to watch a youtube video in Firefox (live USB to ram) causes all sorts of weirdness / freezes - not quite a full crash, but unusable.
(4) I have a few days in which to test this machine. A search here shows others have had various issues with the Samsung 400b some of which are unfathomable. How do I go about testing?
Presumably I need to install lububtu, or use the live USB and then:
- try web browsing;
- try media playback; and
- try various other workflows (like light video editing on the mighty i3-2310m, audio / video capture using OBS, and remote meetings (Zoom))
Are there any other compatability issues you recommend that I should consider, and test for?
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