Basically. I have separate drive for my windowsOS/media etc. And one of my nvme drive now is completely empty.

Is there a way to install Linux onto that empty nvme with windows and then like turn the PC off remove my windows drive entirely, and then have it just boot with the linux drive without needing to do a whole bootable usb through the motherboard uefi?

I don't have USB drives and they cost too much for something i never use.

Like if there was a linux installer that Ibcan run while logged in to windows that would be amazing...

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[–] 10 points 19 hours ago* (3 children)

I installed from inside vmware before, with the linux drive mounted natively, then removed the windows drive.

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    This feels wrong but I don't know why. It just feels like it would break somewhere. I've never given a vm its own physical drive though.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago

    When my freebsd home server died I just put it's disks into my gaming rig and connected them to a VM and it booted with no hassle. It will work for linux too, unless you have architecture differences or some whacky secure boot setup, or highly customized kernel or something.

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  • [–] 1 point 15 hours ago

    Passing physical drives through to a VM is the only way I install Windows anymore, that way it can't fuck up my boot order or EFI partition, since I use Linux daily. Can't wait for the day I don't need Windows, alas, medical device update software often requires Windows/Mac, and passing the USB through to a VM doesn't work.

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