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I had linux a while ago, and ran Fedora Core 2. I recently decided to install it again, and some people I talked to pointed me in the directin of Ubuntu.
Well, basically here is my problem. I have windows running off a 4gb IDE hdd, needless to say, I cant put linux on that. My other drive is a 120gb SATA which I use as a slave.
I was wondering, would it be possible to dual boot with Linux on my 120gb SATA hdd and windows still on my 4gb IDE?
Thanks.
Last edited by PlentifulBalls; 05-31-2005 at 01:31 PM.
Yes, it's possible. Just create linux and swap partitions on the second hard drive /dev/hdb. Then configure /etc/lilo.conf to boot from both drives and run "lilo".
Originally posted by juanbobo Yes, it's possible. Just create linux and swap partitions on the second hard drive /dev/hdb. Then configure /etc/lilo.conf to boot from both drives and run "lilo".
Hmm...excuse the n00bness, but how would i go about swapping partitions? A program like partition magic? or will it let me do that when installing ubuntu?
Thanks for the help.
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I just noticed there was a thread just like this right down the page. I should really look around before starting new threads....
but anyway, will it matter if windows is the primary OS and is on the master IDE drive? Will I be able to dual boot it off the SATA, or does Linux have to be master to dual boot?
Last edited by PlentifulBalls; 05-31-2005 at 06:52 PM.
If you want to copy the Windows partition over, create a partition exactly the same size on the 2nd drive with a program like cfdisk. Then run "dd -if /dev/FROM_PARTITION -of /dev/TO_PARTITION", that should make a bit for bit copy.
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