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Hardware OS Selection Switch
- Nextgrid 5y agoThis is very clever. I was expecting it to be a simple hardware switch that toggled power between the Linux and Windows storage devices, but it's way more advanced than that - the switch actually communicates with GRUB directly (by emulating a USB storage device with a dummy file). However one problem I see with this (and dual-booting Linux & Windows in general) is that Windows will often tamper with other drives besides the one it's on, so there's a chance your GRUB will just be overwritten after a Windows update (this wasn't a major issue back in Windows 7 as this would only happen on an OS reinstall, but since Windows 10 a lot of updates are actually OS reinstalls in the background).
- kinduff 5y agoThis is a perfect solution imho, it's analog, doesn't switch drives and the mod is in GRUB. Want to build this but I have no experience at all with this kind of stuff, would love to see a detailed write up!
- sundvor 5y agoNice! I actually dual boot two Win10 partitions, one with WSL2 and work, the other for entertainment/personal stuff. I'm probably SOL trying to achieve something similar, the Win10 boot selector is a bit of a pain; will have a look nonetheless.