On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 22:37 +0000, alan c wrote: > norman wrote: > > I am thinking of adding a second hard drive to my PC on which I would > > have Windows for those very few occasions when I need it, like playing > > Bridge with my brother. Assuming that is possible what snags should I be > > aware of please? > > If you have just ubuntu on it at present, and then install windows > later, wherever, I think all you have to do is re install grub using a > live CD and a cli grub sequence in order to reinstate grub after > windows installer has overwritten the master boot record. If you do > not do this, ubuntu will not normally be available from a boot up menu > (grub)
Perhaps I was not clear enough. I do not intend to install Windows on the same drive as Ubuntu but on another drive. I understand about one of the drives being master and the other slave but does it matter which is which? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
