Anno domini 2022 Tue, 31 May 19:41:56 -0500 J Leslie Turriff scripsit:
[...] I have just one PC and one ancient Mac. This is my first time trying multiboot. I can get as far as the partitioning step in Ubuntu install, but I want separate /opt and /usr/local partitions, so I can't just use the default single partition install. The installer says I need
You can go with one partition for everything. When your system is up and running: boot a live linux, shrink / to free space and add partitions - either by using the live system or booting your OS and then create some partitions. Move stuff over, add the entries in /ets/fstab and be happy :)
Nik
IMO, your best way forward, subject to any EFI limitations imposed by your PC, is to install Ubuntu in EFI mode, then at some point in time convert the openSUSE installation to EFI mode.
Leslie
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