would it be possible to add a second drive to my computer and put Linux on it and then cycle between which drive I want to use. that way I can use windows and Linux whenever I need it or just dual boot - Upgoat

would it be possible to add a second drive to my computer and put Linux on it and then cycle between which drive I want to use. that way I can use windows and Linux whenever I need it or just dual boot
submitted by anon to askanon 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 20:27:47 ago (+3/-0) (askanon)

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 20:30:59 ago (+2/-0)

Yes.

[ - ] anon 1278984 0 points 1.9 yearsJun 1, 2023 20:09:40 ago (+0/-0)

Maybe. The trick is first installing Linux without destroying Windows, and second picking the OS to install.

You are definitely better off to put on Windows first, but if Windows ever fixes itself, it will break Linux.

Good luck learning boot loaders.

[ - ] anon 6709485 0 points 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 22:16:52 ago (+0/-0)

100%. Might have to f*** with the bios a little bit

[ - ] anon 6917337 0 points 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 21:24:21 ago (+0/-0)

just do a vm with hyper v

[ - ] anon 1058210 0 points 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 21:09:47 ago (+0/-0)

I think I set up a virtual machine when I did that a few years back. But you just stay in Linux all day and it mostly feels like a Mac.

[ - ] anon 1574282 0 points 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 20:43:36 ago (+0/-0)*

Check
https://askubuntu.com/questions/726972/dual-boot-windows-10-and-linux-ubuntu-on-separate-hard-drives

See options 1 & 2

You can also do the following.
Split drive one into thirds.

Windows on one third Linux on the other a shared third. And a shared second drive.

You can run a porteus Linux off a terabyte or much smaller USB. It loads into ran and runs from there.

You may have to disable secure boot

https://fossbytes.com/enable-disable-secure-boot-windows-8-10/

[ - ] anon 5137646 0 points 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 20:31:26 ago (+1/-1)

Yeah. you could use like a bios boot menu to select which one you want, or you might be able to configure GRUB to do that but I had issues years ago when I tried setting it up to boot an operating system that wasn't on the same physical disk.

[ - ] anon 1404535 -1 points 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 21:12:20 ago (+0/-1)*

had dual boot on an old i5 computer a few years ago and it worked like a charm but later on i saw no point in having a dual boot system in place since windows is A better platform for gaming
anyways

i had an i5-2400 chip with just 8 gigs of ram paired with a GT 710,fun times

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would it be possible to add a second drive to my computer and put Linux on it and then cycle between which drive I want to use. that way I can use windows and Linux whenever I need it or just dual boot submitted by anon to askanon 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 20:27:47 ago (+3/-0) (askanon)

would it be possible to add a second drive to my computer and put Linux on it and then cycle between which drive I want to use. that way I can use windows and Linux whenever I need it or just dual boot
submitted by anon to askanon 2.0 yearsMay 31, 2023 20:27:47 ago (+3/-0) (askanon)