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I am the fool (linux install)
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If you're not yet confident in your Linux skills, a good idea would be to disconnect all drives except the one you want to install on, during installation... especially if you have multiple drives of the same size
Even if you are confident in your Linux skills this isn't a bad idea. I've seen too many OS installers put things on drivers other than the one you choose to risk it at this point.
Gets a bit annoying when you've got a tower with 15 years of old drives from previous builds connected
Yeah, Murphys law. Unplug everything except what you work on if you do file system level stuff, no matter the experience or focus you can put in.
It's a great idea and works perfectly in this case. Unfortunately, it's pretty challenging to disconnect an NVMe drive when it's blocked by the CPU cooler or other components. In my case, I always recheck multiple times before making any partitions changes.