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I built a Windows box with 2 320 GB drives, one has XP (Drive C) installed and just installed Debian Etch on the second drive (Drive D). How do I ...
  1. 04-03-2008 #1
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    Dual Boot - 2 Drives

    I built a Windows box with 2 320 GB drives, one has XP (Drive C) installed and just installed Debian Etch on the second drive (Drive D). How do I boot between the 2 drives? In the past I had both OS's on the same drive and Grub automatically set up. But of course this time it just boots automatically into XP with no choice to go into Linux, any ideas?

    I tried using Super Grub disc but it only worked booting into XP not into the other drive.

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    Un-plug Windows HD, plug-in Debian disk as Primary Master and set it as First Boot Device in BIOS. Does GRUB Menu appear? Does Debian boot up by default?
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    Hi Shasta,

    I've got my box setup exactly like devils casper just advised. I boot to Linux by default, but I have about 5 seconds to decide whether I wanna boot to Windows or Linux.
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    but I have about 5 seconds to decide whether I wanna boot to Windows or Linux.
    You can set time up to 3600 seconds, unlimited or zero. Its managed by value of default in /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
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