second Linux distro on second hd

[J]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 03:28, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:
> 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.

Then the answer is still the same.  No, there is not.

Just tell the installer to install to the second disk.  The only catch
may be not installing the boot loader in the right place or updating
the current one, but that's not often an issue, I think.  It usually
works well.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.