Dual boot

[antreasdimo]

In a Pc with no OS how i can do it to have dual boot MX with Antergos? I am total new to this. Plesse tell me step by step.

[fehlix]

In a Pc with no OS how i can do it to have dual boot MX with Antergos? I am total new to this. Plesse tell me step by step.

I would do it this way: Install first Antergos leaf enough empty space for MX Linux. After that install MX linux on to that free space, where you need to create manual partitions for "/"-root . I would start with leaving /home partition under "/"-root partitions. MX Linux installed grub-menu should show the other installation's.
Or create manually all needed partitions first in install than.
Actually it doesnt matter which one you install first, as GRUB shall find the other OS and display within the grub boot menu.

[antreasdimo]

Can i use swap space common for the 2 distros?

[fehlix]

Can i use swap space common for the 2 distros?

yes.

[antreasdimo]

Can i give space to MX after i install Antergos?

[fehlix]

Can i give space to MX after i install Antergos?

Yes, use Gparted when booted from LiveUSB

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Note that the Antergos boot entry will fail if the menu is generated from MX Linux and you have one of the CPU microcode packages installed in Antergos.

Use something like this in /boot/grub/custom.cfg to get Antergos booting:

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menuentry 'Antergos' {
   set root=(hdX,Y)
   linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux rw root=/dev/sdZY quiet
   initrd /boot/$manufacturer-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
}

Replace X with the GRUB number for your drive (sda is 0, sdb is 1, sdc is 2, etc), replace Y with the partition number, replace Z with the drive letter and replace $manufacturer with the CPU manufacturer (ie, either amd or intel).

[fehlix]

Note that the Antergos boot entry will fail if the menu is generated from MX Linux and you have one of the CPU microcode packages installed in Antergos.

Use something like this in /boot/grub/custom.cfg to get Antergos booting:

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menuentry 'Antergos' {
   set root=(hdX,Y)
   linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux rw root=/dev/sdZY quiet
   initrd /boot/$manufacturer-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
}

Replace X with the GRUB number for your drive (sda is 0, sdb is 1, sdc is 2, etc), replace Y with the partition number, replace Z with the drive letter and replace $manufacturer with the CPU manufacturer (ie, either amd or intel).

Or perhabs just copy the first menuentries from the Antergos generated grub.cfg ( /boot/grub/grub.cfg on Antegeros partion) into /boot/grub/custom.cfg on the MX-linux partition.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Yes, that's probably a better idea.