I unfortunately need Windows for work reasons, and will be installing Windows 10 on a separate drive. My main drive is Fedora with full disk LUKS2 encryption, and I’ll install Win10 on the other drive through live USB while the Linux drive is disconnected. I have some questions related to this setup however:
- I do not have Secure Boot enabled, but iirc Windows 10 should have no issues with it?
- Will the two operating systems be truly isolated and independent? I.e. if I boot into one, it won’t in any way affect the other? I’m particularly nervous about Windows trying something on the Linux drive.
- If the Windows drive installs some kernel-level stuff like anti-cheat, would it manage to affect the Linux drive? E.g. alter the boot options?
- I’ll be installing Win10 using this tool; are there any considerations I should make for such a dual boot setup?
I know this post is a little bit Windows-directed, so let me know if I should make my post elsewhere. Thank you for the help!
yeah for dual booting OS’ Thinkpads are top notch. like you said you can even avoid using grub as the thinkpad will have both a windows and linux boot option by default (at least my E595 also did).
for others that need to go this route seriously consider purchasing a used thinkpad. they’re dirt cheap on the after market and are built like a brick house. I have a couple of 6+ year old ones and they’re still rock solid. best linux machines you can get. you can easily score one for well under $300 and they’re also so painfully easy to upgrade, just about everything, hardware wise. for one of mine I upgraded the screen, the cpu, ram, ssds, even the keyboard (backlit) and trackpad. Honestly the hardest part was opening the damn case.