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That's why we need two ssds for dual boot (lemmy.world)
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[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If I dual boot windows, I tend to disconnect my Linux drive any time I do anything on the Windows side. Even installing Windows fresh using default settings, it managed to completely erase my Linux disk to put the Windows bootloader on it even though I selected a completely different disk for the Windows OS. Won't be making that mistake again. And by mistake I mean dual booting Windows. That pile of spaghetti code gets a VM.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

windows installing its bootloader on a completely separate drive is such a weird and fucking idiotic issue for it to have.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

... on a proxmox host in another room.

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

I got used to windows overwriting the MBR and could generally work around that. But the last time I tried windows/Linux dual boot, it was windows that got caught in a recovery loop after a windows update. Linux was fine. I was impressed at how thoroughly Windows had killed itself on a basic unmolested install. At that point I decided I was done with windows on bare metal unless it was the only thing running. Windows goes in the virtual sandbox or plays by itself.