native boot of a windows subsystem linux distro, as a standard distro at bootup of windows 10

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Is it possible to boot the Wlinux (a windows linux subsystem distro) filesystem natively instead from the windows bootmanager (or refind grub etc)?

Like a dual boot system, but be able to either boot in at start, or access the linux system via wsl.

For reference I have a surface pro 5, and I know that its neccesary to disable secure boot ...etc. More curious of whether this can be done or not, and if so is there a particular way to do it succesfully ?

Thanks

https://superuser.com/ is a better forums for this question. StackOverflow is meant for programming questions while SuperUser cover more general questions that include topics like dual booting. https://superuser.com/search?q=dual+boot — tk421, Feb 22 '19 at 19:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '19 at 14:21

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No. WSL is not a full desktop replacement or even a VM. It aims to reduce the need to use VMs. If you want to dual-boot, you'll need to grab a Linux iso. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq.

answered Mar 05 '19 at 14:21

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