[ubuntu-uk] dual boot with 2 HDDs

[Liam Proven]

On 26 July 2010 16:43, Norman Silverstone <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> > I do understand that and the drive I have is large enough to dual boot
>> > on that drive the problem is that it already has Ubuntu installed on it
>> > and I therefore assumed that it would be easier to dual boot by adding
>> > the extra drive.
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > How does this affect your suggested method?
>>
>> The existing Ubuntu install... tell us about it. Is it partitioned or
>> is /home on the same volume as /?
>
> The existing install is 9.10, which I intended to upgrade to 10.04, and
> it is not partitioned

Hmm. Not ideal. I recommend, for what it's worth, that for future use,
you put /home in its own partition. This makes life much easier in
many ways.

But saying that, it should work, nonetheless.

>>
>> Is it expecting to be the 1st or 2nd or other drive in the system?
>
> I would expect Ubuntu to be on the 1st drive.

Well, in that case, I can't help. That is, as per my previous
messages, exactly the way that I do *not* recommend. Others have
commented with their suggestions; you may wish to ask them rather than
me.

>> Same or different hardware?
>
> Both drives SATA.

Um. This appears to be an answer to a completely different question.

The question I was asking was:
Was the installation of Ubuntu and Windows on your disk(s) done on the
same PC, or on a different PC?

Ubuntu will probably handle a move fine. Windows probably won't.

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