I've just got an SSD for my laptop (windows 10) and I am planning to put the 1TB HDD that was in there as a second drive (using the optical drive caddy system). I thought that while I was at it I might put a 100GB Linux partition on the HDD.
However I am enjoying the absurdly fast boot times with the SSD and don't want a slow bootloader (e.g GRUB) asking me to choose which OS to boot into
QUESTION: Is there a way to install ubuntu on this second drive in a way that does not affect windows 10 booting from the SSD. I.E. a way so that it only boots into Ubuntu if I hold down a button (e.g. F9 for one time boot order)
Is it as simple as installing ubuntu and its GRUB on the HHD, and putting the SSD above the HDD in the boot order, and then holding F9 down and selecting the HDD when I want Ubuntu?
P.S my laptop uses UEFI. I am nervous about messing up the boot manager for the millionth time in my life.