「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrying to dualboot Linux Mint + Windows on a second external hard drive but Windows Setup doesn't let me install on the disk...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1imageTrying to dualboot Linux Mint + Windows on a second external hard drive but Windows Setup doesn't let me install on the disk...sh.itjust.works「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
Not sure if this is a “me-issue” or if this is Microsoft being a dick. Am I not supposed to dualboot with an external drive?
minus-squareTheoriginalthon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoFun fact part 2: windows will (or used to) overwrite grub when installing updates, but not all updates that would make it predictable and less fun
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThat never happened to me in the last 10 years of dual-booting.
minus-squareBT_7274@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt did to me. I actually stopped using Arch because I thought an Arch update nuked my bootloader during an update. It wasn’t until a couple years later when I’d learned more that I realized it was more than likely windows “upgrading” to 11.
Fun fact part 2: windows will (or used to) overwrite grub when installing updates, but not all updates that would make it predictable and less fun
That never happened to me in the last 10 years of dual-booting.
It did to me. I actually stopped using Arch because I thought an Arch update nuked my bootloader during an update. It wasn’t until a couple years later when I’d learned more that I realized it was more than likely windows “upgrading” to 11.