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zorro@lemmy.world 21 hours agoI feel like you should be able to do this tbh.
I can basically do this from Linux. I could build a disk image and extract it right onto my disk and reboot and be in that new system. It would take some work to get right, but it’s basically how the rpi images work.
I think your biggest issue is making sure enough utilities were loaded in ram that you could finish the extraction before the system crashes cause you’ve deleted some important utilities.
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
The answer is no, because you’d need windows to allow your Linux installer to take over top runtime privilege and modify live partitions while mounted and in use. While i guess it’s technically possible, it’s so much of a hassle i wouldn’t even want to start considering it.
zorro@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I think you are right. A little bit of research seems to show that windows doesnt allow such things.
On Linux you could make a ramdisk with like BusyBox and your new image (or new image on some other drive) pivot_root then overwrite the entire boot disk to some other disk image.
It would be a bit hairy, but could be done
TheViking@nord.pub 10 hours ago
That’s the reason l wish to do away with windows.
zorro@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I wouldn’t consider this a real option in any way, but it is a fun experiment to theorycraft.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 19 hours ago
There’s WebUSB on Chromium browsers, a JS API for all kinds of peripherals. I think formatting mass storage is allowed, as long as it’s connected by USB