> On Jun 14, 2015 11:10 PM, "Justin Fisher" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I'm still no further along with this install. I have tried again > today with the KXstudio live disc, and for whatever reason the ssd > is now no longer being recognized from the live disc and from Win7. > The instructions listed in the links you sent I had pretty much > already followed as I had used this guide > > http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/07/23/dual-boot-ubuntu-12-04-and-windows-7-on-a-computer-with-2-hard-drives/2/ On 16/06/15 06:19, Wen Lin wrote:> Are you able to bring just your desktop to our Linux Beginners Workshop > this coming Sat 20 June? The address is: VPAC 110 Victoria St, Carlton > South VIC 3053. Quite a number of us will be there, and can have a > closer look at your SSD and troubleshooting.
Just an update on where things got to with Justin's install:
He has an SSD (with a Windows install) and 2 hard drives (data only). He
wanted to add a second SSD with a KXStudio (Ubuntu 14.04 based) install,
and end up with a dual boot system.
For some reason the distro wouldn't install with the new SSD on the
fourth SATA port (failed during partitioning), but after removing the
other disks and putting the new SSD on the second SATA port, it
installed fine. Incidentally the BIOS wouldn't allow it to be added to
the boot list until the distro was installed (presumably a secure boot
feature). We decided to put grub on the Linux drive so that the Windows
drive would still have the original boot even if used alone or moved to
another machine.
What works: the BIOS can boot to either operating system, with that SSD
alone; also, with both SSD drives in place, it can boot to Linux.
What doesn't work: (1) with both SSD drives in place (Windows on the
first SATA port), an attempt to BIOS boot to Windows appears to start
the Windows boot ("Windows is loading files"), but then the system boots
from the other (Linux drive); (2) also, update-grub on the Linux side
does not find the Windows system. We ran out of time to try adding the
chainload entry in grub.cfg by hand.
The Windows drive is GPT partitioned, and the Linux drive is MBR
partitioned, perhaps that is part of the problem?
Glenn
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