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Wasper

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From: Polska

Registered: 2018-05-22

Posts: 7

Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Hello.

I'm tryin to install archlinux next wo windows 10 on new dell xps15 laptop.
I saw https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_15_9560, I did part UEFI.

(small problem, I used Rufus, If i choose GPT UEFI and iso, then usb is not visible, if I choose GPT UEFI and DD then it is)

Then I did configuration step by step https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide.

This is new laptop with oginal system end there is few partitions. I resized windows partition and did my own (swap, /mnt, /home)

Here is it
https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/Hml253bx.jpg

I formatted swap partition

# mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p7

# swapon /dev/nvme0n1p7

and others

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p8

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p9

then mount partitions

mount nvme0n1p8 /mnt

mount nvme0n1p9 /mnt/home

but.. mounting boot partition?

mount nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

?? (i did it this way for tests)

After that I did next steps (documentation):
- Install the base packages
- Generate an fstab file
- chroot
- timezone
- locale
- hostname
- rootpsswd

I stack in boot loader.
I don't know what I should choose and how to configure it.

Anyone want to help me?
I will be grateful.

Thanks
W.

Mod Edit - Replaced oversized image with link.
CoC - Pasting pictures and code

Last edited by Slithery (2018-05-22 11:20:55)

Slithery

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Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Personally I'd use systemd-boot as it is easy to configure and already installed.
Follow it's wiki page for instructions.

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Wasper

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From: Polska

Registered: 2018-05-22

Posts: 7

Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Nice, I will.
And how about mount boot partition, is it ok?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Yes that's alright, you should ensure that it has an entry in your fstab so that it remains mounted and will allow for seamless kernel updates.

Wasper

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From: Polska

Registered: 2018-05-22

Posts: 7

Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Ok. I wil try it asap

Thx

Wasper

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From: Polska

Registered: 2018-05-22

Posts: 7

Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Ok, I configured systemd-boot. I have a menu with linux and windows (windows didnt want to start, but later).

I have a problem during turn off/reboot

lines (sorry, but i have consoel on other laptop, so its not copy-paste)

watchdog: eathdog did not stop
sd-remou[xxx]: Failed to remount '/oldroot/sys/fs/cgroup/(different values)' readonly: Device or resource busy
shutdown[xxx]: Remounting '/oldroot/sys/fs/cgroup/(different values)' failed abnormally, child process 5xx aborted
shutdown[xxx]: Unmounting '/oldroot/sys/fs/cgroup' failed abnormally, child process 5xx aborted
sd-remou[xxx]: Failed to unmount '/oldroot': Device or resource busy
sd-unmou[xxx]: Failed to unmount '/oldroot/(different values)': Device or resource busy
(...)

System didnt start de facto, some tmp problems

... nouveau pointer to tmds table invalid

but I did not configure grahics at all, so I think it could be a reason. Am I right?

About reboot error, there is so much windows partitions (orginal with system, recovery etc, https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/Hml253bx.jpg).
Maybe one of them? i dont know. '/oldroot/sys' looks like linux

circleface

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Registered: 2012-05-26

Posts: 639

Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

The reboot and shutdown errors are a known bug that will be fixed with the next version of systemd.  They are nothing to worry about.

Wasper

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From: Polska

Registered: 2018-05-22

Posts: 7

Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Nice, first I have to solve nvidia issue.
I read an article when author wrote about fixed unmount problems after install bumblebee. I Hope so

I'll try it after work

Martinsos

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2015-08-27

Posts: 61

Re: Archlinux dual boot Dell xps15 9560

Hey Wasper, how did this end for you? Did you manage to get everything working? I also have dual boot on Dell XPS 15 9560, and the thing I needed to do to get Win10 loading was to configure it to work with disk that is in AHCI mode (instead of RAID, which is what it expects).
Also, you can delete most of those Win partitions.

I documented my steps and put them here http://martinsosic.com/linux/2018/11/16 … ps-15.html so maybe that helps, it contains both steps for getting Win10 to work with AHCI and I mention which partitions are ok to delete.