[Feature Request] "Install alongside Windows" option in LMDE installer

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
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Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Read step 5 of the linked Installation Guide to understand the existing Windows Boot Manager flow, then compare it with the LMDE installer behavior. Done means the LMDE installer provides an equivalent option for installing alongside Windows; the issue does not name implementation files or tests.

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Description

The Linux Mint (standard/Ubuntu edition) installer has an "Install Linux Mint alongside Windows Boot Manager" option (see step 5 of the Installation Guide).
I wanted to install LMDE alongside Windows, but I'm not technically good enough to do it manually. I switched to the standard edition due to the lack of this option, so I suggest to add it in the LMDE installer.

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