old_man_and_the_linux
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I have just started on Linux. Been playing around with the Mint Live. Liked what I saw. Took a plunge and bought a Hard Disk. Wanted to keep Mint and Win(7) on separate disks. Boot into whichever OS I wanted. Found a suggestion at the Mint forum against a post by a newbie who some 3 years back was in a similar dilemma. The suggestion was: he disconnect the Windows HD, install Linux (Mint) on his new HD, reconnect back the old HD with Windows. Apparently, on rebooting, GRUB would recognize that there was another OS and give the user a choice as to which he/she wanted to boot into.
Seemed neat so I tried it. Sadly, on rebooting, GRUB took me straight back to Mint Linux.
Is there a way to configure GRUB so that on booting, I get a choice? Usual dual-booting involves partitioning of the first disk and a change in its MBR right? But for the time being. I wished to keep my Win HD intact till I become more confident about my Linux ability.
To recap. I have Win 7 on HD1, Mint Linux on HD2. Default boot order is HD2.
Seemed neat so I tried it. Sadly, on rebooting, GRUB took me straight back to Mint Linux.
Is there a way to configure GRUB so that on booting, I get a choice? Usual dual-booting involves partitioning of the first disk and a change in its MBR right? But for the time being. I wished to keep my Win HD intact till I become more confident about my Linux ability.
To recap. I have Win 7 on HD1, Mint Linux on HD2. Default boot order is HD2.