[mdlug] Installing Kubuntu on Windows 11 HP laptop

[Carl T. Miller]

Thanks for the update.  I never was a fan of
bitlocker, and you've convinced me to stay
that way.

c


On 11/21/22 12:50 PM, R KANNAN wrote:
> Meant to CC the MDLUG Group.
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 7:23 PM R Kannan <rk111810 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your pointers. But unfortunately even before I could get
>> through the installation, the file system was somehow corrupted and I
>> was not able to resize the bitlocker partition. Windows 11 boot would
>> not even go through and would not even allow me to enter the bitlocker
>> key that I had handy.
>>
>> So I had to basically clobber the windows partitions and install
>> Kubuntu. However I was not having the 'Turn-mylaptop-into-a-brick' fear
>> as I used to in older days. Kubuntu seems to be working fine and I may
>> not regret clobbering Windows 11.
>>
>> On 11/20/22 11:36 AM, Bob wrote:
>>>      I also found this:
>>>
>>>      1 About BitLocker recovery key
>>>
>>>      Please log in to aka.ms/myrecoverykey with your Microsoft account
>>>
>>>      Find the recoverykey corresponding to your computer name and record
>> it
>>>      Right-click your locked drive, select Turn off BitLocker, and enter
>>>      recoverykey, wait for completion to unlock bitlocker
>>>
>>>      2 Boot into surface UEFI (after a complete shutdown, press and hold
>>>      volume + and power at the same time to power on)
>>>
>>>      select boot configuration
>>>
>>>      Find enable boot configuration lock and change it to off
>>>
>>>      Other systems can then be installed.
>>>
>>>      ---
>>>
>>>      Hope this helps
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>      On 11/20/22 9:08AM, R Kannan wrote:
>>>
>>>        All,
>>>        Following up on my Kubuntu trial run, I tried installing. Kubuntu
>>>        installer does not have seem to have an option to resize the
>>>        bitlocker partion that the laptop came with as the installer does
>> no
>>>        recognize this partition.
>>>        There are basically four options:
>>>        Guided - use entire disk
>>>        Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM
>>>        Guided entire disk and set up encrypted LVM
>>>        Manual
>>>        When I select Manual it does not allow me to shrink the bitlocker
>>>        partition.
>>>        Is wiping out the current windows OS the only way to install
>> Kubuntu
>>>        on this laptop? Also the kubuntu installer does not change anything
>>>        in the partition table till I hit the final install button. Am I
>>>        right?
>>>        Thanks
>>>        On 11/15/22 8:24 PM, R Kannan wrote:
>>>
>>>        Meant to send this to the list.
>>>        Also I found something strange on this laptop, It has some
>> bitlocker
>>>        backup system which does not boot into windows if you had booted
>>>        into another OS. It thinks may be the system is somehow compromised
>>>        and wants you to enter a 48 digit number stored as key in Microsoft
>>>        account. Don't know who is the genius who thought of it. Not sure
>>>        how it knows I logged into another OS because I booted off a USB
>>>        disk and did not install the OS or repartition the hard disk yet.
>>>
>>>        On 11/13/22 10:42 AM, Carl T. Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>        Very cool.  I hope it all works normally from here.
>>>        c
>>>
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