second Linux distro on second hd

[Doug]

On 9/21/2010 3:10 AM, J wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 03:03, Doug<dmcgarrett at optonline.net>  wrote:
>> Is there any trick in putting a second distro (Ubuntu) on a second drive
>> and booting either one with grub?
>> This is an older computer with IDE drive capability only, and I don't
>> want to invest a whole batch of money into it, by upgrading the mobo,
>> etc., but I can probably scrounge up an old IDE drive someplace.  (I
>> would not replace the PcLOs distro that I'm running on it now.)
>
> No. There is not.
>
> You just boot the ISO and choose "Install them side by side" or
> whatever it is...
>
> As long as you have space to make partitions (e.g. you haven't used up
> the maximum number of partitions, you can add to your heart's
> content).
>
> Good example:  My test netbook runs WinXP, Lucid, Maverick, Crunchbang
> and Slax....
>
I think you misunderstand.  I want to keep one distro on one hd, and the 
other distro on the other hd.  The existing hd is not big
enough to support two distros.

--doug

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