[ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

[ByteSoup]

On 26/07/10 14:49, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 26 July 2010 14:40, Norman Silverstone<norman at littletank.org>  wrote:
>    
>> Some time ago I had a desktop machine which had been set up with 2 HDDs
>> one running Ubuntu and the other Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately this
>> machine is no longer in the land of the living and I am considering
>> setting up another machine with a similar configuration. The intention
>> would be Ubuntu 10.04 on one drive and XP Pro on the other. (I still
>> have the old HDD with XP Pro installed and would like to use that.) I
>> remember that I needed to make an addition to the Ubuntu boot menu and I
>> can find the details of that addition. However, I expect that the
>> current version of Grub is not the same as the old one and would much
>> appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to tell me whether or not
>> what I propose is feasible.
>>      
> It certainly is and you don't need 2 HDs to do it. A single large one
> will do fine.
>
> Just install Windows *first*. Note that you probably can't move an
> existing install of XP from one machine to another; usually, the
> drivers etc. for one machine mean that the installed copy will not
> work on different hardware. Ubuntu, OTOH, is very likely to work fine
> when transplanted.
>
> When installing Windows, leave (say) half the HD unused. Install
> Ubuntu after Windows - it will sort out the dual-boot stuff for you.
>
> If you have 2 disks, no problem; put Windows on the 1st and Ubuntu on
> the 2nd, and again, Ubuntu will do all the necessary legwork for you.
>
> The thing to avoid is putting Linux on 1st, /then/ Windows. At best,
> this will stop Linux booting; at worst, it will result in a
> non-working Windows install /and/ a now-non-working Linux.
>
>    
To add to the above advice, some references I found useful for the new 
grub bootloader seen sonce 9.10

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

HTH -Mark
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