• timmytbt@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    So, excusing my ignorance as a fairly recent Linux convert, what does this mean for my dual boot system?

    I haven’t booted windows for weeks and am pretty sure there have been no updates since it was freshly reinstalled (maybe 6 months ago) as a dual boot with Debian.

    Is this only a problem if I allow Windows to update?

    Are Microsoft likely to fix the issue in a subsequent release?

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      2 months ago

      Yes, you don’t have to worry as long as you don’t boot up windows and let it install the update.

      This is not the first time they break dual boots by touching the partitions, but this is the first time they deliberately break it (that I know of). I always had windows on its own drive because of that. If you don’t use windows a lot then I would suggest to do the same. You have to change to windows through bios but it isn’t that much more work.

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        2 months ago

        Thanks for the reply, and good to know!

        I think I’ll blow away the windows install on this machine completely.

        I still have another pc for some audio tools that don’t run under Linux, but this machine is my daily driver now and I couldn’t be happier.

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        2 months ago

        And just in case when installing windows on its own drive, only have the windows drive mounted so it doesn’t write to the linux drive.

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      2 months ago

      FWIW, I’m dual-booting windows and mint atm. Separate drives, but just one EFI partition, and this update hasn’t borked things for me.