Windows Dual Boot on separate drive which has ext4 storage partition?
Hello, clever people. Couldn't find this one, so I'm asking:
I've got a well established existing Bazzite install on an NVME drive too small to contain my storage and games library, with need to have a Windows dual boot on a temporary basis due to extremely expected game incompatibility for some time.
I have a secondary normal SSD, but it's the one I use for most of my storage and games library. I created a secondary NTFS partition on that storage drive for the Windows install, but then saw in the "Dual Boot Preliminary and Post-Installation Setup Guide" that if they're on the same drive, Windows needs installing first. Would this still hold true for an ext4 storage partition on the same drive as Windows, even if Bazzite itself is on a different drive entirely?
There is no intent to have a shared library between these or give Windows access to the ext4 partition contents. This would be only the one Steam game for the time I would play it with someone else and I already know it doesn't work well with Proton. I just wanted to ask if the same problems warned against in the "Same Drive Method" section of the dual boot guide would apply here.
Thanks for any and all help you can provide.
I've got a well established existing Bazzite install on an NVME drive too small to contain my storage and games library, with need to have a Windows dual boot on a temporary basis due to extremely expected game incompatibility for some time.
I have a secondary normal SSD, but it's the one I use for most of my storage and games library. I created a secondary NTFS partition on that storage drive for the Windows install, but then saw in the "Dual Boot Preliminary and Post-Installation Setup Guide" that if they're on the same drive, Windows needs installing first. Would this still hold true for an ext4 storage partition on the same drive as Windows, even if Bazzite itself is on a different drive entirely?
There is no intent to have a shared library between these or give Windows access to the ext4 partition contents. This would be only the one Steam game for the time I would play it with someone else and I already know it doesn't work well with Proton. I just wanted to ask if the same problems warned against in the "Same Drive Method" section of the dual boot guide would apply here.
Thanks for any and all help you can provide.
Solution
easiest would be to turn that ntfs partition into unallocated(free) space, then disconnect the nvme and install windows (and select the unallocated space during install) and windows wont do any funny business during the install
disconnecting the nvme is crucial since that contains a non windows OS
disconnecting the nvme is crucial since that contains a non windows OS
