Will this dual boot scheme work?

[Pete Smout]

@google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
sent from my HTC.
On Nov 22, 2013 12:57 AM, "Jim Byrnes" <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On 11/20/2013 07:23 PM, Pete Smout wrote:
>>
>> @google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
>> sent from my HTC.
>> 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
>>
>
> HI Pete,
>
> Thanks for reminding me to update grub, I knew I had to do that but it
slipped my mind and I didn't think of it at the time.  Anyway everything
went as planned and I can now dual boot Win 7 and Ubuntu.
>
> Thanks,  Jim
>

Glad I could help :-)

Pete

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