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…

  • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Setting up a flash drive with Ventoy is something I’d highly recommend. Then you can just drag-n-drop isos as you see fit and boot any of them from a nice menu. I keep one around with Fedora, CachyOS, Arch, and Clonezilla isos. I also think I may have an older version of Garuda on it. It’s a super useful thing to have around.

    • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      things like ventoy are extremely convenient. been using it or a predecessor for years… but i’ve run into more images lately that won’t boot (or an install fails) from one, so i end up using a different flash and writing the image to it directly (usually with rufus if on win, gnome disks if not). i now have two flash drives dedicated to such reuse.