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Second Hard Drive

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by timmy1991, Aug 29, 2009.

  1. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    If I have 2 hard drives, can I put an OS onto the second drive without partitioning the other drive?
     
    timmy1991, Aug 29, 2009
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes but you will still need a bootloader to choose which OS you run.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 29, 2009
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  3. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    what would you recommend?
     
    timmy1991, Aug 29, 2009
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    depends what the two OSes are.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 29, 2009
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  5. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    The two OS's are XP home and either OpenSUSE, or Ubuntu
     
    timmy1991, Aug 30, 2009
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    then you use grub or lilo, both of which are installed with linux. (openSUSE is the better distro of the two, btw).
     
    Loonylion, Aug 30, 2009
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  7. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    ok, thanks
     
    timmy1991, Aug 30, 2009
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  8. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    By the way Loony, why don't you like Ubuntu?
     
    Born2killx, Aug 31, 2009
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    because it attempts to make linux easy for the layman and makes a complete hash of it.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 31, 2009
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  10. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    I like openSUSE because it has a chameleon instead of Tux the Penguin
     
    timmy1991, Aug 31, 2009
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  11. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    it still has tux, tux is the global linux mascot. Individual distros have their own mascots.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 31, 2009
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  12. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    oh... never seen him on there though... must be hidden somewhere
     
    timmy1991, Aug 31, 2009
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