Tfw my linux boots with the drive disconnected

It’s because it’s requesting the time from a ntp server at boot

>buy some old cassette tapes from Goodwill
>Put one in my cassette deck to test it out, press play
>cue loud screeches and static noises blaring from my speakers
>wtf
>before smashing the stop button with the force of a thousand suns, my laptop's mic picks up the cacophony of ear rape
>several command prompt windows pop up on the screen for a split second before the display goes black
>laptop reboots
>look at screen
>"Loading CPM.SYS..."
>"CP/M-86 for the IBM PC Copyright (C) 1983, Digital Research"

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Imagine being smart enough to set up a bootable linux RAM disk, but then too stupid to remember how it works.

You don't need a hard drive to boot puppy linux.

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do i remember correctly that this chick was asked what the capital of England is?

>be me
>install arch onto ssd 1
>its all good
>install windows onto ssd 2
>installation process wipes ssd 2, ok it was blank anyway
>system works perfectly fine for months
>can boot either windows or arch, no issues, no bootloader overriding, etc
>buy laptop for uni
>remove ssd 2 from desktop to out into laptop
>laptop boots windows just fine
>desktop can no longer find GRUB to boot arch
>??????
>check ssd 1
>/grub, /boot, /efi, etc are all still there
>bios settings are all the same, just for fun try legacy boot anyway, obviously doesn't work
>mfw windows stole my bootloader

seperate story but i bet this is somehow related
>my friends tell me to install fortnite on windows so we can play
>i hate epic games but whatever
>install it, we play fortnite once then never again like fucking usual
>go to uninstall it, BSOD
>boot back into windows the next day
>startup repair, missing bootloader
>boot into PE recovery USB, have to replace the windows bootloader and repair the entire boot partition
>check system logs in event viewer
>epicgameslauncher.exe spawned 583638592 datal errors
>mfw uninstalling fornite deleted my fucking bootloader
i hate windows so much its unreal

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>My monitor only works with video game consoles, and displays black after bios on all of my computers and sbcs

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You don't need a HDD to boot any linux

>install 128gb of ram
>install kali into memory
>if the feds ever raid my house i just need to turn the computer off and its gone

I didn't ask

Those things did not happen

you wanna bet?