Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu installation on second hard drive

[Jon <j orcauser googlemail com>]

and if you wish to keep a copy of the old boot sector of the first hard 
drive type the following in a terminal window.
dd if=/dev/hda of=/path/to/image count=1 bs=512

the 'if' flag is input file, 
'of' is the output file

you can keep this on a usb key, or another partition.
Then to copy it back across to the first hard drive:
(WARNING: you wont be able to boot linux because its on the second 
hard-drive and there wont be bootloader pointing to the second hdd)
dd if=/path/to/image of=/dev/hda

Please note that all partitions on that hard drive should be unmounted 
before performing the dd operation.

Hope this helps

-Jon

On Fri 21/09/2007 at 04:22:29, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> Hi.
>
> If you install the boot loader to the second drive, you won't be able to boot your new install.
>
> Unlike Windows, Linux doesn't destroy other operating systems.  Just let the installer do it's job and you 
> will still be able to boot Windows.
>
> There will be entries for your new Linux install as well as an entry to boot into windows after the install 
> is done.
>
>           Kenny
>
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