On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 03:32:10PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 22:03:52 +0000 > "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> wrote: > > > 2. Use gparted to move Windows (maybe apart from the EFI partition) > > to the end of the drive - move the blank space to the front of the > > drive after the EFI partiton. > > OK, my curiosity is up. Why make a point of moving the Windows > partition to the end of the drive? >
I seem to remember that it's significantly difficult to forecast the likely size you'll want for a Windows system to allow room for updates. I sized it at something like 70G and moved it to the end of the drive so that it didn't try to expand further into what Windows might regard as free space. (70G does allow room for a few Windows updates, all of which are larger than you think). I then used Debian to fill the blank space and re-used Microsoft's EFI partition. It's a while ago: I think since then I've virtualised Windows 11 on a kvm VM. All best, as ever, Andy (amaca...@debian.org) > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/ >
