Will this dual boot scheme work?

[Pete Smout]

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On Nov 21, 2013 12:43 AM, "Jim Byrnes" <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> When I bought this machine it came with Windows 7.  At that time my only
need for windows was to run TurboTax and I could do that using XP in VBox
so I had no real need for Windows 7.  I unplugged the HD that came with the
computer and put in a new HD and installed Ubuntu 10.04.  When 10.04 was no
longer supported I pulled the Win 7 HD added a new HD and installed 12.04
and dual booted with 10.04.  With XP coming to end of life it looks like
TurboTax will no longer support XP so I want to dual boot Win 7 and 12.04.
>
> My bios will let me choose which HD to boot from.  Right now it brings up
grub from the HD containing 10.04 and then boots 12.04.  I would like to
pull the HD with 10.04 on it and replace it with the HD containing Win 7.
Then tell the bios to boot from the 12.04 HD.
>
> If I do this will grub on the 12.04 HD boot and find Win 7 as a bootable
OS and add it to the grub menu automatically so I can dual boot 12.04 and
Win 7?
>
> Thanks,  Jim
>
>

Hi,
As far as I know (and in my experience) with both drives plugged in from
ubuntu run "sudo update-grub" and it should find all bootable systems on
the machine.

It is worth noting that all my machines still have BIOS not UFEI and I
don't know if that makes a difference!

Regards

Pete s

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