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Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.
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Dual boot on bare metal #9592

Open kaievns opened 1 week ago

kaievns commented 1 week ago

Feature Request

Add support for dual boot option for the bare metal setups

Description

Say I have a windows PC in a homelab that I would like to use as a Talos node without wiping the windows off. What I would like is to point Talos to an empty space on my HDD and install it with GRUB boot loader like normal desktop linux systems.

I'm happy for it to default to Talos, I just want to have an option to boot back to windows now and then, that's all

packeteer commented 11 hours ago

I dont think this would be considered, as it would require a deep re-architect of the way Talos works.

For testing purposes, you'd be better of running under Docker