To All Ubuntu / *nix guru outhere,
I read the 2unix script and I still don't understand why it's removing the "Windows partition data".
I'm pretty sure the thumbdrive is mounted under m1 alias, but why do we need to zero the sda partition. That doesn't make sense to me. (Is it a preparation in case I need to copy the mounted m1 to sda?)
My aim is to dual boot Windows 10 with it.
It zeroes out that partition because there were some problems with the script being run on the windows partition on boot that were fixed by moving the script to the / partition on the first bootup of the system in version 0018. I would think that once you've got your thumb drive all configured, you could just dd the / partition (and any other linux partitions) to a hard drive alongside windows so long as you know how to edit the grub configuration or windows config manager (BCD) to boot to the correct linux partition for the o/s in order to get dual boot to work. That can be tricky though, so i wouldn't recommend doing it on a drive you're afraid to lose data on without backing up everything first.