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SeaCitadel

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Registered: 2020-04-19

Posts: 1

Installing to unallocated disk space (dynamic disk)

Hi,

I'm planning to dual boot Arch and Windows on my machine.  I have one 150 GB hard drive, currently in dynamic mode.  There is a 50 GB Windows partition, and the other 100 GB is unallocated.

Now, I know that installing linux on a dynamic disk is usually a no-no.  From the cases I've been able to find online, people usually report that they can't even detect their unallocated space during linux installation.

Here is what I'm wondering:  When I run fdisk -l it will indeed detect the empty 100 GB portion of the disk.  Does this mean I should be able to go ahead with the installation, or should I still go through the business of converting my dynamic disk back to basic?

Thanks

Last edited by SeaCitadel (2020-04-19 21:08:17)

Preycon

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From: México, D.F.

Registered: 2009-02-14

Posts: 53

Re: Installing to unallocated disk space (dynamic disk)

Maybe try using LVM?