On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 7:55 AM Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
If you really, really needed windows bare metal for such an occasional
usage pattern though, wouldn't a Windows Live Media setup be better?
There really isn't such a thing for Windows or macOS. Full
installations have a recovery environment but they don't allow running
arbitrary programs.
>> If the problem is that your Windows license didn't
include a copy of the
>> Windows installer, that's a different problem entirely, isn't it?
> I suppose, but that is not in my control. Well, strictly speaking I
> could go out of my way to buy a laptop without Windows pre-installed,
> then purchase a separate retail copy of Windows, but that has a higher
> barrier to entry.
Doesn't cost you anything if you have a valid preinstall license, see
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/
This all seems to be a (dated?) edge case to me?? 🤷
Yep and even if you don't have a license it'll work with a few
limitations and nags.
And on UEFI systems, the order of installation doesn't matter anymore.
It'll install into free space and reuse the ESP, same as what we're
doing.
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Chris Murphy