I'm a newbie myself so someone correct me if I'm wrong... but can you also install your bootloader on the external drive and change the BIOS settings to boot from that drive first? I know installing to the MBR of the Windoze drive works but if you ever have to reinstall Windows then it will be gone and you won't be able to get to your bootloader. I had that problem anyway.... ----- Original Message ----- From: suprmariobro To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 6:44 AM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: two hard drives`
--- In [email protected], Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello suprmariobro, > > Thursday, November 17, 2005, 10:04:17 PM, you wrote: > > s> I'm new to linux and i'm having trouble installing it.I have two > s> hard drives an internal and external. I want to install linux on my > s> external drive but it won't work.Windows keeps booting on the internal > s> drive. Can anyone help me? > > When you install your Linux distro, there should be an option for > choosing either to install a boot loader (like LILO or GRUB) in the > /MBR or to boot from a floppy disk. > > With two operating systems on a single computer, you need a bootloader > on the first hard drive, so that you can choose which OS to boot. > > If you don't want to install a bootloader, and have a floppy drive, > you can create a floppy boot disk just for Linux, and then when you > want to boot the Linux OS, you can use the floppy, which will boot > before any HD, if you have it set to do that in the BIOS. > > > -wittig > website: http://www.robertwittig.com/ > weblog: http://robertcwittig.blogspot.com/ > . >where would i download a linux boot disk or a boot loader To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "LINUX_Newbies" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
