[ubuntu-in] OT - Multiple Booting of GNU/LInux OS's

[ramnarayan.k at gmail.com]

Hi

i tried to use fdisk -l to see if any thing makes sense

here it is
ram at ram-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcccdcccd

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1305    10482381    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            9091        9729     5125680    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3            1306        2034     5855692+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda4            2035        9090    56677320    5  Extended
/dev/sda5            2035        2496     3710983+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            3761        9090    42813193+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7            2497        2520      192748+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8            2521        3760     9960268+  83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00073659

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1       12159    97667136   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2           12160       17165    40210695    b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb3           17166       19457    18410490    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5           17166       17178      104391   83  Linux
/dev/sdb6           17179       17481     2433816   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7           17482       19457    15872188+  83  Linux
ram at ram-laptop:~$

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the ubuntu device.map

# gedit /boot/grub/device.map

is (hd0)	/dev/sda

so maybe i should just add the external hard disk as hd1

wonder if this will work ??

any tips
ram