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AlphaCubed: /* Shrinking it from within Windows (RECOMMENDED) */

2021-10-09T16:25:02Z

Shrinking it from within Windows (RECOMMENDED)

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	Now shrink your drive within Windows by pressing <code>Windows+R</code>, typing <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> and pressing ENTER, then finding the NTFS partition you want to shrink (it's usually a big 250GB chunk you see on the screen) and right click > Shrink and shrink the partition by ~30GB or so for installing Ubuntu. (Don't create another partition on top of the "Free Space" that's now there. Just leave it be.)		Now shrink your drive within Windows by pressing <code>Windows+R</code>, typing <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> and pressing ENTER, then finding the NTFS partition you want to shrink (it's usually a big 250GB chunk you see on the screen) and right click > Shrink and shrink the partition by ~30GB or so for installing Ubuntu. (Don't create another partition on top of the "Free Space" that's now there. Just leave it be.)

			If diskmgmt.msc complains with an error saying "the partition cannot be shrunk" or similar, you will need to follow the steps in [[Shrinking Windows partitions for installing Linux#Defragmenting the partition]].

	==== Shrinking it from within the Ubuntu installer (NOT RECOMMENDED) ====		==== Shrinking it from within the Ubuntu installer (NOT RECOMMENDED) ====

AlphaCubed: /* After Booting into Ubuntu... */

2020-10-04T19:47:00Z

After Booting into Ubuntu...

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	1. If you have to disable the touchpad (kernel >= 5.7): <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).		1. If you have to disable the touchpad (kernel >= 5.7): <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).

	2. If you don't have to disable the touchpad (kernel < 5.7): <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).		2. If you don't have to disable the touchpad (kernel < 5.7): <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).

AlphaCubed at 19:46, 4 October 2020

2020-10-04T19:46:21Z

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	=== After Booting into Ubuntu... ===		=== After Booting into Ubuntu... ===

	~~Edit~~ <code>~~/etc/default/grub~~</code> ~~in a text editor as~~ the ~~root user.~~		Another important thing you'll need to do on kernels 5.7 and above is to disable <code>psmouse.inter_touch</code> to prevent the issue where the trackpad won't let the computer suspend (go into sleep mode).
	(~~To do this, open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T, type in <code>sudo nano /etc/default/grub</code> and then type in your password~~. ~~You should see different text appear on the screen.)~~

	Under <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code>, before <code>quiet splash</code>, '''inside of the double quotes''', type in <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).		'''Keep this in mind, you'll need to come back here if you are upgrading to kernel 5.7 (or whenever you perform an update) or if you're having issues suspending.'''

			To do this, first press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal, type <code>uname -a</code>, then press ENTER. You should see something like <code>Linux x.y-z</code> where x is the major version number, y is the minor version number. You can ignore z. If you see <code>Linux 5.7-z</code> or <code>Linux 5.8-z</code> or something else where x=5 and y>=7, you need to do this.

			Now, edit <code>/etc/default/grub</code> in a text editor as the root user.

			(To do this, type in <code>sudo nano /etc/default/grub</code>, press ENTER, and then type in your password. You should see different text appear on the screen.)

			Under <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code>, before <code>quiet splash</code>, '''inside of the double quotes''', type in either:

			1. If you have to disable the touchpad (kernel >= 5.7): <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).
			2. If you don't have to disable the touchpad (kernel < 5.7): <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).

	In that same terminal (or in a new terminal), type in <code>sudo update-grub</code> and wait for the process to complete.		In that same terminal (or in a new terminal), type in <code>sudo update-grub</code> and wait for the process to complete.

	Now you no longer have to type in that <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> thing every time you boot!		Now you no longer have to type in that <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> thing (and the <code>psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0</code> thing if having suspend issues) every time you boot!

	Enjoy using Ubuntu/Linux!		Enjoy using Ubuntu/Linux!
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	https://www.howtogeek.com/196655/how-to-configure-the-grub2-boot-loaders-settings/		https://www.howtogeek.com/196655/how-to-configure-the-grub2-boot-loaders-settings/

			Touchpad/suspend fix: https://askubuntu.com/a/981648

	== Specs ==		== Specs ==

AlphaCubed: /* Within Windows (RECOMMENDED) */

2020-06-13T19:41:12Z

Within Windows (RECOMMENDED)

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	== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==		== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==
	=== Shrinking Windows partition ===		=== Shrinking Windows partition ===
	==== ~~Within~~ Windows (RECOMMENDED) ====		==== Shrinking it from within Windows (RECOMMENDED) ====
	'''WARNING: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!'''		'''WARNING: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!'''

AlphaCubed: /* Shrinking it from within the Ubuntu installer (NOT RECOMMENDED) */

2020-06-13T19:41:03Z

Shrinking it from within the Ubuntu installer (NOT RECOMMENDED)

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	==== Shrinking it from within the Ubuntu installer (NOT RECOMMENDED) ====		==== Shrinking it from within the Ubuntu installer (NOT RECOMMENDED) ====
	'''Especially if you have little experience with the command line, PLEASE shrink your BitLocker ~~drives~~ within Windows, not within the command line in the Ubuntu installer. There are ways to do it using the command line, but you have to be careful!'''		'''Especially if you have little experience with the command line, PLEASE shrink your BitLocker partitions within Windows, not within the command line in the Ubuntu installer. There are ways to do it using the command line, but you have to be careful!'''

	To do this, you'll have to open a separate command line with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type a few commands in.		To do this, you'll have to open a separate command line with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type a few commands in.

AlphaCubed at 19:40, 13 June 2020

2020-06-13T19:40:49Z

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	== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==		== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==
	=== Shrinking Windows partition ===		=== Shrinking Windows partition ===
			==== Within Windows (RECOMMENDED) ====
	'''WARNING: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!'''		'''WARNING: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!'''

	~~Make sure~~ you ~~have enough space~~ (~~defragment your drive -~~ see ~~[[HP ZBook Studio G4]]~~ for ~~information~~ on ~~how to do~~ that).		Now shrink your drive within Windows by pressing <code>Windows+R</code>, typing <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> and pressing ENTER, then finding the NTFS partition you want to shrink (it's usually a big 250GB chunk you see on the screen) and right click > Shrink and shrink the partition by ~30GB or so for installing Ubuntu. (Don't create another partition on top of the "Free Space" that's now there. Just leave it be.)

	~~You can also~~ shrink a Windows ~~(NTFS) partition from inside~~ the Ubuntu installer. I don't ~~recommend it if~~ you ~~use BitLocker encryption though~~.		==== Shrinking it from within the Ubuntu installer (NOT RECOMMENDED) ====
			'''Especially if you have little experience with the command line, PLEASE shrink your BitLocker drives within Windows, not within the command line in the Ubuntu installer. There are ways to do it using the command line, but you have to be careful!'''

			To do this, you'll have to open a separate command line with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type a few commands in.

			Tutorial for this is TBD. Here's a useful link though: https://superuser.com/questions/1458673/how-can-i-resize-a-windows-bitlocker-partition-with-gparted

			Make sure you have enough space (~30GB for installing Ubuntu). If you don't, you may need to defragment your drive - see [[HP ZBook Studio G4]] for information on how to do that.

	=== Rebooting and BIOS settings ===		=== Rebooting and BIOS settings ===

AlphaCubed at 19:30, 13 June 2020

2020-06-13T19:30:10Z

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	== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==		== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==
	=== Shrinking Windows partition ===		=== Shrinking Windows partition ===
	'''WARNING: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!'''		'''WARNING: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!'''

	Make sure you have enough space (defragment your drive - see [[HP ZBook Studio G4]] for information on how to do that).		Make sure you have enough space (defragment your drive - see [[HP ZBook Studio G4]] for information on how to do that).

AlphaCubed at 19:07, 13 June 2020

2020-06-13T19:07:45Z

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	(To do this, open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T, type in <code>sudo nano /etc/default/grub</code> and then type in your password. You should see different text appear on the screen.)		(To do this, open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T, type in <code>sudo nano /etc/default/grub</code> and then type in your password. You should see different text appear on the screen.)

	Under <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code>, before <code>quiet splash</code>, type in <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).		Under <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code>, before <code>quiet splash</code>, '''inside of the double quotes''', type in <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).

	In that same terminal (or in a new terminal), type in <code>sudo update-grub</code> and wait for the process to complete.		In that same terminal (or in a new terminal), type in <code>sudo update-grub</code> and wait for the process to complete.

AlphaCubed at 19:06, 13 June 2020

2020-06-13T19:06:55Z

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	=== After Booting into Ubuntu... ===		=== After Booting into Ubuntu... ===

	Edit <code>/~~boot~~/~~grub~~/grub~~.cfg~~</code> in a text editor as the root user.		Edit <code>/etc/default/grub</code> in a text editor as the root user.
	(To do this, open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T, type in <code>sudo nano /~~boot~~/~~grub~~/grub~~.cfg~~</code> and then type in your password. You should see different text appear on the screen.)		(To do this, open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T, type in <code>sudo nano /etc/default/grub</code> and then type in your password. You should see different text appear on the screen.)

	Under <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code>, before <code>quiet splash</code>, type in <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).		Under <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code>, before <code>quiet splash</code>, type in <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).

AlphaCubed: /* Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot */

2020-06-13T19:05:41Z

Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot

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	== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==		== Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot ==
			=== Shrinking Windows partition ===
			'''WARNING: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!'''

	Make sure you have enough space (defragment your drive - see [[HP ZBook Studio G4]] for information on how to do that).		Make sure you have enough space (defragment your drive - see [[HP ZBook Studio G4]] for information on how to do that).

	You can also shrink a Windows (NTFS) partition from inside the Ubuntu installer. I don't recommend it if you use BitLocker encryption though.		You can also shrink a Windows (NTFS) partition from inside the Ubuntu installer. I don't recommend it if you use BitLocker encryption though.

			=== Rebooting and BIOS settings ===

	Burn the flash drive in GPT mode using Rufus. Use ISO mode (not DD mode).		Burn the flash drive in GPT mode using Rufus. Use ISO mode (not DD mode).
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	Restart your computer.		Restart your computer.

	You don't need to change the BIOS settings.		You don't need to change the BIOS settings if:.


	'''If you are using "UEFI BIOS version" 1.15, we HIGHLY recommend UPDATING TO A NEWER VERSION'''. You can do this using the Lenovo Vantage utility on Windows.		'''If you are using "UEFI BIOS version" 1.15, we HIGHLY recommend UPDATING TO A NEWER VERSION'''. You can do this using the Lenovo Vantage utility on Windows.
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	You can also allocate 512MB of video RAM instead of 256MB to make games faster.		You can also allocate 512MB of video RAM instead of 256MB to make games faster.

	~~Boot~~ to the flash drive ~~from the BIOS~~. You should see a GRUB screen. Edit the first option by pressing <code>e</code>. Before <code>---</code> in <code>quiet splash ---</code> (you may have to press up and right arrow to get to it because it doesn't show line breaks. The "\" at the end of a line means the line continues onto the next "line" of the screen), insert <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> so the installer doesn't freeze. Press Ctrl+X to boot into Ubuntu installer.		Save and exit in the BIOS settings.

			=== Installing with GRUB ===
			It should automatically boot to the flash drive if you have it plugged in. You should see a GRUB screen.

			Edit the first option by pressing <code>e</code>. Before <code>---</code> in <code>quiet splash ---</code> (you may have to press up and right arrow to get to it because it doesn't show line breaks. The "\" at the end of a line means the line continues onto the next "line" of the screen), insert <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> so the installer doesn't freeze.

			(This is before the casperfs.whatever on the last line)

			Press Ctrl+X to boot into Ubuntu installer.

	If something weird happens, it may be the case that your flash drive is corrupted, so burn the image to your flash drive again in Rufus and try again.		If something weird happens, it may be the case that your flash drive is corrupted, so burn the image to your flash drive again in Rufus and try again.
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	If Ubuntu prompts to check your filesystem when booting, don't let it check your filesystem. Just in case. It won't do much if it checks the filesystem but it may corrupt Windows partitions by mistake.		If Ubuntu prompts to check your filesystem when booting, don't let it check your filesystem. Just in case. It won't do much if it checks the filesystem but it may corrupt Windows partitions by mistake.

	Now go into the installer. You can set the bootloader partition to the Windows bootloader partition. Now, where you shrunk your disk and now have free space on it, click on that partition, and click Change... > Mountpoint > / and click OK.		Now go into the installer.

			'''Turn off Secure Boot in the Ubuntu installer. You don't need to set a password for that. You also don't have to install third-party software.'''

			You can set the bootloader partition to the Windows bootloader partition. Now, where you shrunk your disk and now have free space on it, click on that partition, and click Change... > Mountpoint > / and click OK.

	You can click OK on the next screen when it asks you to confirm.		You can click OK on the next screen when it asks you to confirm.

			You can connect to the internet to get updates when installing.

			=== First Boot into Your Ubuntu Installation ===

			Now when the installer completes, reboot into GRUB and press <code>e</code> and under <code>linux root=/some/random/thing ...</code>, before <code>quiet</code> in <code>quiet splash</code>, type in <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code>. (only if you didn't install with discrete graphics. Talk to us in the Telegram for support with that.) Then press Ctrl+X to boot into Ubuntu.

			'''If you reboot back into Windows (say, in GRUB) and you have shrunk a BitLocker partition, YOU MUST TYPE IN YOUR RECOVERY KEY ONCE. Then Windows will try to fix the Bitlocker filesystem which takes 2-3 minutes.'''

			=== After Booting into Ubuntu... ===

			Edit <code>/boot/grub/grub.cfg</code> in a text editor as the root user.
			(To do this, open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T, type in <code>sudo nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg</code> and then type in your password. You should see different text appear on the screen.)

			Under <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code>, before <code>quiet splash</code>, type in <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> and save the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).

			In that same terminal (or in a new terminal), type in <code>sudo update-grub</code> and wait for the process to complete.

			Now you no longer have to type in that <code>modprobe.blacklist=nouveau</code> thing every time you boot!

			Enjoy using Ubuntu/Linux!

	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===

	Incredibly useful link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_P1		Incredibly useful link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_P1

			https://www.howtogeek.com/196655/how-to-configure-the-grub2-boot-loaders-settings/

	== Specs ==		== Specs ==