Re: New Installation or dual boot
“I could use GParted and make a small partition for GRUB - that goes on sda, right?”
Sorry, I just re-read your post. Actually, your dedicated GRUB partition can go anywhere (I.e., on any sdx drive).
I have two SATA HDDs, sda and sdb. The PC boots from sda = hd0 drive. I've got a dedicated GRUB partition on sdb at sdb1. I built it as per the How-to. My PC boots in BIOS first from sda = hd0. So, to install GRUB from my dedicated GRUB partition in sdb1 = (hd1,0) to the MBR of the first- boot BIOS drive, I did (as per the how-to's):
sudo grub
grub> root (hd1,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
(btw, I also have another dedicated GRUB partition in sda2 = (hd0,1); XP is in sda1; I have not used sda2 for quite some time, but should I want it to be my ruling GRUB partition, I do the following to set it up and install its GRUB to the MBR of the first-boot BIOS HDD:
sudo grub
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> setup (hd0)
At the moment, sda2 is sitting there, idle, with grub files and a menu,lst and ready to go, but not being used. It's just like the GRUB partition sdb1.)
You can do this stuff all the time, and anytime you wish to change your setup. GRUB is real flexible and easy to use that way.
Btw, here's a classic dual-boot site, and many other goodies there as well, by Herman @
Bigpond, home: http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/
(e.g., check out the GRUB page)
“I could use GParted and make a small partition for GRUB - that goes on sda, right?”
Sorry, I just re-read your post. Actually, your dedicated GRUB partition can go anywhere (I.e., on any sdx drive).
I have two SATA HDDs, sda and sdb. The PC boots from sda = hd0 drive. I've got a dedicated GRUB partition on sdb at sdb1. I built it as per the How-to. My PC boots in BIOS first from sda = hd0. So, to install GRUB from my dedicated GRUB partition in sdb1 = (hd1,0) to the MBR of the first- boot BIOS drive, I did (as per the how-to's):
sudo grub
grub> root (hd1,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
(btw, I also have another dedicated GRUB partition in sda2 = (hd0,1); XP is in sda1; I have not used sda2 for quite some time, but should I want it to be my ruling GRUB partition, I do the following to set it up and install its GRUB to the MBR of the first-boot BIOS HDD:
sudo grub
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> setup (hd0)
At the moment, sda2 is sitting there, idle, with grub files and a menu,lst and ready to go, but not being used. It's just like the GRUB partition sdb1.)
You can do this stuff all the time, and anytime you wish to change your setup. GRUB is real flexible and easy to use that way.
Btw, here's a classic dual-boot site, and many other goodies there as well, by Herman @
Bigpond, home: http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/
(e.g., check out the GRUB page)
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