I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows box
and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's each with
its own OS.

I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first and
then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?



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Franz Fripplfrappl

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:59:59 +0000, franz fripplfrappl wrote:

> I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows
> box and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's each
> with its own OS.
>
> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first
> and then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?

I'm looking at the same thing and have my fingers crossed that someone
will give you the defining answer :) I'm also fumbling with the two disk
aspect.

However, in the meantime, maybe this will give you something to play with:
<https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21283>

justwilliam

* franz fripplfrappl wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:

> I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows
> box and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's
> each with its own OS.
>
> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first
> and then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?
>
>
>

It is unlikely that windows will boot properly and/or not need activation
if you are moving the drive to another piece of hardware even if the boxes
have 'identical' hardware.

Pop the drive into the Ubuntu box, mount it and backup what you need and
reinstall windows.

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David

SINNER wrote:
> * franz fripplfrappl wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>
>> I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
>> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows
>> box and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's
>> each with its own OS.
>>
>> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first
>> and then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?
>>
>>
>>
>
> It is unlikely that windows will boot properly and/or not need activation
> if you are moving the drive to another piece of hardware even if the boxes
> have 'identical' hardware.
>
if the boxes have 'identical' hardware, the target will boot correctly.
The activation topic depends on which Windows version (Pro or Home,
Retail or OEM) very probably not an issue. Anyhow reactivating it is not
a problem either.

Regarding dual-boot Grub should handle the 2nd disk without any problem,
but i did not try.

Laszlo
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Ein Optimist ist in der Regel der Zeitgenosse, der am ungenügensten
informiert ist. - John Priestley

franz fripplfrappl wrote:
> I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows box
> and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's each with
> its own OS.
>
> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first and
> then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?
>
By the way: if your current system is working well with the windows disk
in it, you may try to use the Linux disk in a USB case and set the BIOS
to boot first USB, than CD, than HD.
I have it set up in that way. Whenever I want to run Linux (and even
OS-X ;-)), I just plug the corresponding drive in USB and reboot. (so i
can keep my company-owned notebook clean and free from any personal stuff)

Don't try however to boot your Windows from USB, that won't work :-(
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Ein Optimist ist in der Regel der Zeitgenosse, der am ungenügensten
informiert ist. - John Priestley

franz fripplfrappl wrote:
> I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows box
> and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's each with
> its own OS.
>
> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first and
> then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?
>
>
>

Grub.
Boot from the Ubuntu disk and edit menu.lst to add your windows disk.
Very straightforward.

franz fripplfrappl <bogus@bogus.net> wrote:
> I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows box
> and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's each with
> its own OS.

> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first and
> then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?

AFAIK if Windows will boot from second HD depends on the Windows
version.

If you need to set jumpers depends on you HD type.

Grub will usually be on the MBR of the HD the BIOS boots from
(probably the first HD), and entries in menu.lst need to point to the
Linux / and to the Windows partition. (If you're working with UUIDs
or with device names depends on the Ub' version.)

IMO if there is a Grub already in the boot-MBR you need to update it,
else you need to install it. Make sure you know how to do this from a
bootable CD. Better be a Grub expert before you try.

HTH,
Niklaus

"franz fripplfrappl" wrote:
>I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died but
> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the Windows box
> and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's each with
> its own OS.
>
> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows first and
> then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?


With 2 HDs in your PC, the hard drive that is at the head of the
HD boot order will control booting. In some BIOSes, the HD boot
order is an ordered list of the HDs in the system, in other BIOSes,
the boot drive is specifically enabled as such. Once the Windows OS
has been activated, you can switch between HDs by setting which is
the boot HD in the BIOS, and the OS on the boot drive will load.

Later on, you can spend time learning how to add a "foreign OS"
entry to the boot menus of the Windows OS and the Linux OS. It's
actually quite simple if you know how - with Linux, just add an entry
to /boot/grub/menu.lst that points to the Windows partition, and in
\boot.ini (in XP) or using bcdedit (in Vista), you can add a pointer
to Window's boot menu that points to the Linux partition.

*TimDaniels*

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:54:51 -0700, Timothy Daniels wrote:


> Later on, you can spend time learning how to add a "foreign OS"
> entry to the boot menus of the Windows OS and the Linux OS. It's

sudo apt-get install startupmanager

After that command you will have a new program under:

System > Administration > Startup-Manager

Makes it a bit easier and less error-prone to edit your grub-menus :)

"franz fripplfrappl" <bogus@bogus.net> wrote in message
news:3B%fk.33353$ZE5.16246@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>I have a Windows box and one for Ubuntu. The Windows box has died
>but
> the HD is still intact. I would like to take the HD from the
> Windows box
> and install it in the box for Ubuntu. I would then have 2 HD's each
> with
> its own OS.
>
> I've had dual boot systems before where I would install Windows
> first and
> then Linux. How does one set up dual boot in my situation?
>

I'm currently have a box that was configured in situation like yours,
i.e. Ubuntu was installed and then the second HDD was added to the
system with existing Windows installation on it.

The only difference is that my Windows was installed in the same
system, so I had no worry whether it starts or not.

In you case here what you should do.

1. Disconnect your Ubuntu HDD and plug in your Windows HDD instead.
Boot into your Windows to ensure your Windows does not have any
problems with the new box. If every thing is fine then move to step
2.

2. Disconnect Windows HDD and plug back your Ubuntu drive.

3. Connect your Windows HDD the way you want. You can make it slave
to your Ubuntu drive or you can connect it to a secondary IDE or SATA
controller, whatever your drives/controllers are.

I tried both configurations and both work.

4. Then boot into Ubuntu and edit you /boot/grub/menu.lst file adding
to it a section like this:

Windows XP Pro
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

5. Restart your system and boot into the system you choose from the
menu.

This will work whether you make your second drive slave or you make it
primary on the second controller.

With this changes GRUB will find you Windows MBR and boots your
Windows. Windows in its turn will think it is installed on the first
drive/partition and will not complain.