I now have two 2 TB SSDs. Until now, I’ve had Zorin OS installed as my main OS. But I’d like to change that now to give myself more flexibility. My plan: One SSD will be used solely for data (music, movies, games, etc.). The other SSD will run Zorin. I want to have the option to switch to a different Linux operating system (e.g., Mint). I assume that I should therefore partition the SSD with Zorin—how large should the partition for the operating system be? Is there a beginner’s guide for something like this? Do I need to completely reinstall Zorin and set the partition size during installation?
My other question is about Secure Boot. I’ve read a lot about it, but I still don’t quite under-stand whether I should enable it or not. I enabled it during my current Zorin installation.
The other question concerns Secure Boot. I’ve read a lot about it, but I still don’t fully under-stand whether I should install it or not. I installed it along with my current Zorin installation. For the new installation I’m planning, I’m currently leaning toward not installing it, since the arguments in its favor haven’t fully convinced me so far. And is “not installing” the same as disabling it in the BIOS after installation?
I would just divide the drive into equal halves. That should allow you fair and plenty of room on each.
No, you do not. You can boot a LiveUSB of Mint or Zorin OS, then open the Gparted partition manager - select your Zorin OS partition - then click the gear icon and select to Resize the partition.
Disabling it in the BIOS EFI settings is sufficient. You will not see the MOK utitlity to register it unless Secure Boot is enabled.
I would argue that there is no legitimate need to have Secure Boot enabled, and it can cause headaches if it is enabled.
Secure Boot is managed for Microsoft signing - and operates like a bouncer at a high end night club. If your name is on the list, you can initialize. If not, you cannot initialize - and often, Linux and Nvidia packages that should be on the list - are left off of it.
Secure Boot is good if using Windows OS.
First, just to point out that if you have plenty of RAM (>8 Gb) you won't need a swap partition.
So, if doing an EFI install, the first thing you need to do is to create a /boot/efi parstition of 300 Mb but Linux uses MiB so, 300 MB = 286.102294922 MiB.
Then for the root file system, 80 Gb or
80 GB = 76293.9453125 MiB formatted to Ext4
Whatever is left, label as /home and format to Ext4.