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I want to dual boot Linux Puppy and Windows 7. Each OS will be on its own hard drive. Is there a way that will make this really easy??? If I can I would like to skip GRUB but if I can't, its fine. Any advice is appreciated!
Shawn C.
Shawn,
You know the answer. :)
Run (2) hard drives and boot each O/S using the Bios.
Rick P.
Never mind I remember. I feel dumb now LOL.
Which OS should I install first or does it not matter?
If you're installing them each individually, it shouldn't matter which you install first. But it's recommended to unplug one HDD while installing onto the other,a and then swap that round. Otherwise you can end up accidentally putting GRUB on one partition and puppy on the other...
However, I've just discovered a pretty easy method. Not perfect, but really easy:
1) Download EasyBCD from http://neosmart.net/download.php?id=1. That link if for non commercial use [u]only[/u].
2) Copy your puppy linux ISO into the root directory of the HDD with your windows installation.
3)Open EasyBCD, and Click on 'Add New Entry' in the sidebar.
4) Under 'Portable/External Media', Select the ISO tab.
5) Give it a name and select your ISO using the button next to 'Path:'
6) Reboot! You should see the entry you just added on your boot screen. Boot into it by arrowing down to it and hitting enter.
7) Power down puppy, and you will be asked to create a save file. You want to save this to the HDD you wanted to installl linux to.
This also works very well on single disk systems, and skips having to manually set up grub and all of the other stuff you have to do to install puppy usually.
However, this isn't really a dual boot across two disks. You're storing puppy linux on your windows HDD, but all of your customisations and files on the other drive.
If you want to dual boot between disks, you should do what Rick said.
If you want to dual boot between disks, you should do what Rick said.
MiniGeek
If you install on one disk with the other disk unplugged, it does not matter in which sequence you go about it. Those will be completely independent installations that do not know each other - thus BIOS switching.
Another option is to run Linux in a virtual partition. I run Ubuntu since years in Virtual Box and that works very well. But in all cases stay away from a double boot with Linux. That can get messy - especially the day you want to get rid of the Linux. The Grub just kills you.
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 with Windows 7 prob about a year ago and it took me a week to get everything back to normal after deleting the Ubuntu partition and having to deal with GRUB.
I have a separate desktop for Linux and another for Windows 7. I might eventually install Windows 7 on another hard drive in the computer that is currently running Linux Mint (I decided to go with Mint not Puppy).
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