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How to setup a Windows 10, Linux Mint 19.1 Dual Boot with Encrypted Partitions on a Dell XPS 15 9560
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#Click through the first menus until you get to the Partition screen. At this point delete all partitions.
#Now you need to do some custom work so hit '''Ctrl+F10''' and then you'll get to a command prompt
##run Run the ''diskpart''tool by running <pre>diskpart</pre>##type ''Now list out the disks on the machine by running <pre>list disk''</pre>##type Assuming that the disk you want to use is ''select disk 0'' (if you are on a different machine it is possible you'd want to install to a run <pre>select disk other than 0)</pre>##type ''Create a 1GB [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_system_partition EFI partition] by running <pre>create partition efi size=1024''</pre>##type ''Create a 16MB [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Reserved_Partition MSR partition] by running <pre>create partition msr size=16''</pre>##type ''create Create a Windows partition primary size=450000'' (this creates a guide assumes ~450GB partition for Windows. You can make this bigger or smaller as you please. The rest of the space 10, whatever is leftover will be used for Linux) by running <pre>create partition primary size=450000<pre>##type Exit out of the ''exitdiskpart''tool by running <pre>exit</pre>##type ''Exit out of the command prompt and back into the Windows 10 installer by running <pre>exit''</pre>
#Complete the Windows 10 installation normally
#Once you've booted into Windows enable BitLocker encryption of the Windows partition
#Install Linux Mint 19.1
##Reboot your machine with the Linux Mint 19.1 Installation Media inserted
##hit Hit F12 when the Dell Logo shows during boot to get a Boot Menu on the Dell XPS 15 9560 & select the CD/DVD or USB as needed
##When you get to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB GRUB] bootloader screen hit '''e''' to edit the Grub line for the Linux Mint 19.1 Live desktop
##*This is necessary because, currently, the default GPU driver include in the Live Desktop causes Linux to crash on the Dell 9560 and the system won't boot
###At the end of the line replace ''<pre style="color: red">quiet splash</pre> with <pre style="'' with ''color: green">nomodeset"'' at the end of the line</pre>###hit Hit '''F10''' to boot
##Once you're in the Live desktop environment open a terminal to download and run CallumCameron's [https://github.com/CallumCameron/mint-encrypted-install mint-encrypted-install] script
###open Open a terminalTerminal###run 'Install [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git git] so that we can get CallumCameron's script by running <pre>sudo apt-get -y install git</pre>###Make sure we''re in our home directory by running <pre>cd ~</pre>###run ''Get the mint-encrypted-install script by running <pre>git clone https://github.com/callumcameron/mint-encrypted-install''</pre>###run ''Change directories to the newly downloaded folder by running <pre>cd mint-encrypted-install''</pre>###run ''Start the script by running <pre>./mint-encrypted-install''</pre>###follow Follow the onscreen prompts exactly###. When you are given the choice, I recommend choosing to install 3rd party drivers (but this is your choice)
##Reboot the system and you should be prompted to enter the encryption password you selected in Linux
##Once you see the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB GRUB] bootloader choose Linux Mint 19.1
##Login, click, the Linux Mint icon in the lower left to bring up the Start Menu, type "Driver Manager", and run that program
##*Even though I chose to install 3rd party drivers, the open source [https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ nouveau] GPU drivers were still selected
###Click the "'''nvidia-driver-XXX" ''' radio button to choose to use the proprietary nvidia drivers instead of the open source nouveau drivers (you can switch back and forth any time)
At this point you should be setup with a system that requires the "Linux" password on boot, then takes you to GRUB where you can choose to boot into Linux or Windows. Linux was decrypted when you entered the password. Windows will be decrypted automatically with BitLocker.
