It’s the driver that allows Windows to read and write to Ext3 and Ext4 partitions.ĭownload it, install it, and you should have an Ext2 Volume Manager among your apps. Windows can’t read Linux partitions on its own, as it doesn’t support the Ext3 or Ext4 partitions (nor most of the others).
Make the Linux partition available in Windows Once you’ve got these partitions ready you can move on to the next step. You just need to tell it what to use as swap. It doesn’t need to be formatted as Linux does that automatically. The selected partition is the Linux partition, and the “Unformatted” one is used as swap. You should end up having something like this: One should be around 15GB to 20GB or more, of the ext4 type, and the other should be 512MB to 1024MB as a swap partition. What you need to create are two partitions. Both of the mentioned tools, for example, present things visually in a way that makes it hard to do something stupid like, say, erase your C:/ where your Windows is installed. This isn’t the partitioning guide, but while you do need to be careful not to nuke the wrong thing with this the process is ultimately really simple. If you don’t you can resize an existing partition to make space and then create a new partition in the newly unused space. The key is to have some unused space on your hard drive where you can put the Linux partitions.
You can use any good partitioning tool for this, like Partition Magic or AOMEI Partition Assistant Home Edition.
Download and copy the boot files to the /boot directory on the new Linux partition.Make the Linux partition available in Windows with Ext2Fsd.Make the Linux partitions with the partitioning tool.A couple of files for booting an Ubuntu installer.
What you do need is an existing Windows installation and access to the internet, plus the following: What you don’t need is a DVD or an USB drive. The first thing we will see will be the terms of use of the program, which we will have to accept before continuing.USB memory sticks are replacing the DVD as the go to method of installing Linux, but what if you find yourself in that rare situation of having access to neither? There is a way, and even if you don’t particularly need it, it’s a great learning experience that could come in handy. This program does not have an interface as such, but everything is done through a kind of installation wizard, as if we were going to install the program on our computer. If we have a partition with persistence we can save all kinds of data in it so that they are not erased when finished. This is because, generally, when we boot the system from the USB, when turning off the PC, all the data is deleted. We will also be able to create a USB with Windows, but this will not be installed as such, instead we will simply have an installation USB, just like the one that we can create with any other program.įinally, when creating our Live-USB with Linux we are going to be able to create a partition with persistence. Kon-Boot Other distros AOMEI (Disk Cloning and Backup Tool) Trinity Rescue Kit Other programs Falcon 4 Boot CD Sugar on a Stick Live-CD Antivirus AOSS (Malware Scanner) Universal USB Installer Ubuntu Ubuntu Desktopīlackbuntu Linux Mint Linux Mint Debian Debian Netinstĭebian Live Kali Kali Linux Backtrack Backtrack Fedora Fedora Desktop OpenSUSE OpenSUSE 32bit