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Dual booting Ubuntu on a new XPS 8960 with RTX-4090 GPU
04 July 2023
Dual booting Ubuntu on a new Dell XPS 8960 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX-4090 GPU
After much trial and error, I finally got Linux (Ubuntu 22.04.02) to dual boot on my new Dell XPS 8960. You may only need to do some of what I did, but I have listed everything I had to do to get to a working state below, and I am now reluctant to experiment further.
Even more so than usual, please take heed of the standard warning that there is no guarantee this will work for your particular setup and could brick your computer.
Preparations before installation:
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Set up Windows 11. If this is a new computer, go through the Windows 11 installation/setup wizard.
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Make a backup Windows install USB. You will likely need this, so don’t skip this step. I certainly needed the backup. Use a...</div> </a> </section>