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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Gonna give Linux another try, any guidance is welcome! (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by Dagnet@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey guys, after 2 years since my last attempt (and recently trying fedora on my laptop) Im ready to try again to install it on my desktop. First time I installed Nobara and it nuked my windows boots partition which caused a lot of trouble and trauma (couldnt boot into windows no matter what). Basically I want to accomplish this:

1- I want to install Fedora on a separate drive and keep my windows drive completely intact (Need it for work).
2- Preferably I would like GRUB to ask which boot option I want to use if my linux drive is set to be my boot drive and to boot straight to windows if its my windows drive set to boot.

Can someone please guide me into installing it the safest way possible?

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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Turns out my boot partition was on my other drive somehow (the drive I installed Linux) , am I completely fucked now?

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 points 39 minutes ago

Do you mean your Windows boot partition?

Windows does not support installing the boot partition on a different drive out of the box. Unless you modified your Windows installation, the drive where Windows is installed is also where the Windows boot manager lives.

The biggest risk with installing with the drive connected is accidentally installing the Linux boot partition over the Windows boot partition, hence the usual recommendation to disconnect the drive just to be safe.

You're gonna have to provide some more details on your setup and what is working/not working though.