> > <snip> > > > > > However, I expect that the > > > > current version of Grub is not the same as the old one and would much > > > > appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to tell me whether or not > > > > what I propose is feasible. > > > > > > It certainly is and you don't need 2 HDs to do it. A single large one > > > will do fine. > > > > I do understand that and the drive I have is large enough to dual boot > > on that drive the problem is that it already has Ubuntu installed on it > > and I therefore assumed that it would be easier to dual boot by adding > > the extra drive. > > > > <snip> > > > > How does this affect your suggested method? > > > Having done this, the hardest/longest part of this is getting all the correct > drivers into Windows. > What I did was plug just the windows drive into the machine and get that > sorted with the correct drivers and updates. Once that was done, the windows > drive was then set to be the second drive and the Ubuntu one the first. Once > Ubuntu was booted 'update-grub' was run, which picked up windows. > This arrangement has a couple of advantages in that it doesn’t modify the > windows drive, so no fiddling with fdisk /mbr or what ever if you wish to > move it later. and if there are boot problems you can just choose which drive > to boot from in BIOS. > This is more or less what I did those years ago. The only part I did not know about was update-grub. Does this work with the current version of grub?
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