Re: Dual-boot with separate HDDs.

2010-07-13 Thread JD
On 07/12/2010 09:12 PM, Harish Pillay wrote: >> My main Linux box has suffered a motherboard failure. I am contemplating >> just moving the HDD to the XP machine and setting up dual boot. If this >> isn't satisfactory, then it's a new motherboard. I could boot by selecting >> the desired disk u

Re: Dual-boot with separate HDDs.

2010-07-13 Thread JD
On 07/12/2010 07:43 PM, Dick Roark wrote: > My main Linux box has suffered a motherboard failure. I am > contemplating just moving the HDD to the XP machine and setting up > dual boot. If this isn't satisfactory, then it's a new motherboard. > I could boot by selecting the desired disk using

Re: Dual-boot with separate HDDs.

2010-07-12 Thread Dick Roark
G'mornin! I've already added the disk from blackie (he has the bad mboard). The F12 needed a reinstall, so that's going on now. It turns out that it isn't too bad (but it isn't too elegant either) specifying the disk in BIOS at boot. When I get everything working (should be today) I will get into

Re: Dual-boot with separate HDDs.

2010-07-12 Thread Harish Pillay
> My main Linux box has suffered a motherboard failure. I am contemplating > just moving the HDD to the XP machine and setting up dual boot.  If this > isn't satisfactory, then it's a new motherboard.  I could boot by selecting > the desired disk using BIOS.  Is it possible have GRUB select the OS

Dual-boot with separate HDDs.

2010-07-12 Thread Dick Roark
My main Linux box has suffered a motherboard failure. I am contemplating just moving the HDD to the XP machine and setting up dual boot. If this isn't satisfactory, then it's a new motherboard. I could boot by selecting the desired disk using BIOS. Is it possible have GRUB select the OS (disk) a