On 02/12/2013 12:55 PM, Brian Martin wrote: > > In my "new" machine I have a disk with both XP and 64 bit Ubuntu > 12.04. I have a second disk with 32 bit Ubuntu > > 12.04. So far I have swapped cables when I wanted to do something > with the 32 bit version. Is it possible to have > > both drives plugged in at the same time and have GRUB give me the > option of which of the three OS's to boot? If > > it matters, these are both SATA drives > > Sure. <---> > --- > > If you're using GRUB2, boot up with both disks plugged in, and run > update-grub2. It should discover that the second disk is bootable (too), > and add it to the menu. Here's an example: > > # update-grub2 > Generating grub.cfg ... > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-37-generic > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-36-generic > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-36-generic > Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin > Found Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (12.04) on /dev/sda2 > Found Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (12.04) on /dev/sdb2 > done > #
Very simple, very easy. I got essentially what you described. I now can choose to boot either the 32 bit or the 64 bit versions of Ubuntu 12.04, or XP. Thanks, Brian. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
