re dual boot Kubuntu 8.0.4/Ubuntu 8.0.4

[Sylviane et Perry White]

On Monday 11 August 2008 01:25, Alan wrote:
> When you install the new operating system, the autoloader (grub) will
> automatically be put on the same disk.
No, I belive grub will normally be installed on the MBR (master boot record) 
of the primary disk. 

> In order to get windows to recognize your new kubuntu takes a lot of doing 
and may not 
> be worth the trouble.  
Windows does not have to recognise your new kubuntu, it is only the bios that 
has to find grub (first) and it is not so much trouble.
> If you install kubuntu on the primary disk, it goes a lot smoother and you  
> are up and running quickly.  It is the way I have done it many times before 
and I have never had any 
> problems.  
I always installed Linux on the second drive when I had one, straight "out of 
the box" and never had any special manipulation to do.

> It may be that grub would be installed on the primary hdd anyway,
Yes, and that is the reason you should not (re)install M$ after Linux 
installation, because M$ will overwrite your grub, whereas Linux will detect 
M$ bootloader and somehow integrate it.
(It is always possible to recover from a spoiled bootloader but it takes some 
know how and bootable Linux CD and possibly M$ CD to restore booting it...)

> that is something I   
> will have to check out since I have never done it that way.  Does somebody 
else has any experience 
> with this?  
Grub (or Lilo) installation gives you the choice of where to install it. The 
first time I tried I installed it on a floppy because I was too afraid of 
destroying my MBR and loosing windows.
IIRC (that was long ago) grub can also be installed on the secondary drive but 
in that case you have to instruct the bios to make it the first booting 
partition... the added benefit is if you have to bring your machine back to 
the store for repair or something you could just restore the bios to the 
original setting (and better remove the extra disk) There have been some 
complaints on this list about how vendors would wipe out your HD (and Linux) 
and return your computer in its pristine condition.

Perry

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