On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 7:55 AM Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. -- Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
