Linux: Dual-boot on Dell tower: USB Testing

[last updated: 2019-10-08]
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dual-boot - create USB stick
dual-boot - Prepare to Install
dual-boot - Install Linux
dual-boot - Next Steps
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• Enable booting on Windows PC from USB stick:

• Linux initial boot-up from USB stick:
• recommended to select 'compatibility' mode
• Linux came up successfully, and shows 4.1gb available storage space
• Since I have not yet done anything with disk partitions, this is just a trial run of Linux, since there's not enough memory allocated to it to do anything useful.
• one source said that all files in Windows installation would be accessible to Linux, visible in Linux File Manager, but I can't see them so far.
• Initial testing in this mode:
  cannot access my router, meaning printer and internet are not available.
  However another source said that, with Ubuntu at least, wireless connection should be possible even in test mode
• Best guess at the moment is that main problem is that I have not actually "installed" Linux yet.
• There will be a DVD icon on desktop to Install Linux.

Proceed to: dual-boot - Prepare to Install

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