On 2020-01-18 12:01, Allan Topp wrote: > Thanks for the outpouring of helpful emails. Much appreciated. > > Alas, not that simple. > > I've been trying to do this for a couple of days. > > The "BIOS" is UEFI and, as I understand it, it is therefore necessary I install ubuntu under (is that the right adverb?) > UEFI. However, the ubuntu installation does not allow for choosing UEFI. > > And! There is a 20 Gig unallocated partition on the HD (created by Windows Shrink!) that the installation does not > permit me to choose (it's greyed out). Have you read through https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre-installed-windows-with-uefi and tried the steps documented there? It covers pretty much every problem, including yours. -- Stephen M. Webb <stephen [ dot ] webb [ at ] bregmasoft [ dot ] ca> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org