can Linux be loaded on 2 HDD in same m/c
Ow Mun Heng
Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Fri Oct 15 05:50:26 UTC 2004
On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 13:09, res gzq wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ow Mun Heng" <Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: can Linux be loaded on 2 HDD in same m/c
>
>
> > On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 12:24, res gzq wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > i have 2 HDD and want to partition the 80gb hdd1 in 3 parts and load
> > > > 1-Windows, 2-Windowsbackup and 3-Linux. On HDD2 i want to install
> > > > only Linux. My question is can Linux be loaded on 2 HDD on the same
> > > > m/c.
> > >
> > > It works real good. I have Linux on multiple partitions on my computer.
> > > Linux can be loaded to a secondary drive. Probably need to use GRUB
> > > from the MBR or a floppy to boot Linux from the secondary drive.
> >
> > Linux can work any way you put it to. I have like 1 HD w multiple
> > partitions and I have linux on 3 of them.
> >
> > You can have the MBR on any of those 2 HDs and depending on how you
> > format/place your MBR (whether you use Windows Bootmanager or Linux's
> > GRUB or... you can achieve diff things.)
> >
> > More info is necessary.
> >
> > eg: In My case
> > Windows Boot manager
> > XP -> boots into windows
> > Linux -> boots into GRUB which presents me with multiple partitions of
> > Linux
> >
> Do you have MBR booting into Windows Boot manager?
> and then a line item to boot into GRUB?
yes
> if so, what is the line entry in Windows boot manager to boot into GRUB?
seems like u dont need it.
> I have GRUB booting into Windows Boot manager.
since you alry have this, all you need is a line in grub to boot into
the linux partition/hd
Pls mail to the list as more ppl will benefit from the answer and more
ppl can help u.
--
Ow Mun Heng
Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 on D600 1.4Ghz CPU kernel
2.6.7-2.jul1-interactive
Neuromancer 13:48:17 up 4:52, 11 users, load average: 1.43, 1.48, 1.63
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list