I know that many people who had issues in the past seemed to have msdos partitions in a mixed up order (not in numerical order), but I do not know if that was a cause of issues they were having. That hasn't been a problem for me before because usually Windows utility or recovery partitions are before Windows, and I can simply shrink Windows (or replace existing D: data) partition to install Linux.
But I have not worked with gpt partitions or UEFI before and this HP Win10 laptop has 2 partitions after the point where I would shrink Windows and add Ubuntu. So would gpt partitions not in numerical order (like 1,2,3,6,7,4,5) be a possible issue for anything?
Also does install automatically take care of whatever is required to be altered/added to the EFI boot partition? Output of gparted attached.
The laptop is a low end HP with Pentium quad-core with touch screen that I bought to set up for a retired person who then decided they could not afford it at this time. It only has a single RAM slot upped from 4 GB to 8 GB. I have only been using it for WebEx which works somewhat better in Windows than 32-bit only Linux WebEx in a 32-bit virtualbox. It works fine for that and has long battery life, but is too slow for any gaming.
I am not new to Linux, I have been using it for over 20 years, since before Windows had native dial up networking or a web browser. I am just new to UEFI and gpt partitions.
But I have not worked with gpt partitions or UEFI before and this HP Win10 laptop has 2 partitions after the point where I would shrink Windows and add Ubuntu. So would gpt partitions not in numerical order (like 1,2,3,6,7,4,5) be a possible issue for anything?
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l /dev/sda
Model: ATA HGST HTS541010A9 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 274MB 273MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
2 274MB 290MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
3 290MB 978GB 978GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
4 978GB 979GB 882MB ntfs hidden, diag
5 979GB 1000GB 20.9GB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, msftdataThe laptop is a low end HP with Pentium quad-core with touch screen that I bought to set up for a retired person who then decided they could not afford it at this time. It only has a single RAM slot upped from 4 GB to 8 GB. I have only been using it for WebEx which works somewhat better in Windows than 32-bit only Linux WebEx in a 32-bit virtualbox. It works fine for that and has long battery life, but is too slow for any gaming.
I am not new to Linux, I have been using it for over 20 years, since before Windows had native dial up networking or a web browser. I am just new to UEFI and gpt partitions.