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Hard drive switch for independent boot
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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
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Historically I've had issues with windows(update) blasting grub config leading to Linux delete and painful recovery of windows boot
I hear about this happening with disk partitions, but this shouldn't happen on independent disks. I've been using fedora alongside win10 and 11 for several years now with no issues.
One thing worth noting is that windows will attempt to place it's bootloader on SATA 0, regardless of where its OS files are situated. I'd recommend disconnecting all other disks when installing Windows.
The device you linked is interesting, however. I wish there was a a hardware mechanism which offered you different power buttons for the OS you'd like to start into from a cold boot, though I could see the option you linked working depending on boot order.
Cool thanks for the info! Ill put win on sata 0 and install before putting the second drive in!
The hardware switch idea would be to preclude bios boot leader selection altogether
It'll only attempt to place those files on sata 0 if there's a disk connected. I'm not sure if it will move up the index in lieu of disk0, I suppose I should test that at some point.
In any case, you can just isolate it on first install at any SATA slot you find convenient; in-place systme upgrades shouldn't move things around afterwards.