12-18-2019, 12:25 AM
(12-17-2019, 11:40 PM)waynebob link Wrote: Question : I kind of thought if you had 2 HDD's each with an OS that the bios would determine which would boot, just like when you have to put the DVD drive first in line for it to boot.[member=241]waynebob[/member]
Apparently I was wrong?
Kind of.. BIOS says skip all else and go look for something I can use.. Or go find something usable in this order..
Whether Windows or Linux there is a boot manager/boot loader. Grub is this boot manager of sorts. Depending on how many OS's or disks it will list all available OS's.
- You could have 4 OS's on 1 disk, BIOS doesn't care just wants to know where/which disk....
Grub says where on the disk to go find it - Win?? Linux Lite 1, LL 2, or LL3
Updating grub tell grub to scan the disks for an OS.. Then it will display them. -- Yes you could have multiple LL's running.
LL4.8 UEFI 64 bit ASUS E402W - AMD E2 (Quad) 1.5Ghz - 4GB - AMD Mullins Radeon R2
LL5.8 UEFI 64 bit Test UEFI Kangaroo (Mobile Desktop) - Atom X5-Z8500 1.44Ghz - 2GB - Intel HD Graphics
LL4.8 64 bit HP 6005- AMD Phenom II X2 - 8GB - AMD/ATI RS880 (HD4200)
LL3.8 32 bit Dell Inspiron Mini - Atom N270 1.6Ghz - 1GB - Intel Mobile 945GSE Express -- Shelved
BACK LL5.8 64 bit Dell Optiplex 160 (Thin) - Atom 230 1.6Ghz - 4GB-SiS 771/671 PCIE VGA - Print Server
Running Linux Lite since LL2.2
LL5.8 UEFI 64 bit Test UEFI Kangaroo (Mobile Desktop) - Atom X5-Z8500 1.44Ghz - 2GB - Intel HD Graphics
LL4.8 64 bit HP 6005- AMD Phenom II X2 - 8GB - AMD/ATI RS880 (HD4200)
LL3.8 32 bit Dell Inspiron Mini - Atom N270 1.6Ghz - 1GB - Intel Mobile 945GSE Express -- Shelved
BACK LL5.8 64 bit Dell Optiplex 160 (Thin) - Atom 230 1.6Ghz - 4GB-SiS 771/671 PCIE VGA - Print Server
Running Linux Lite since LL2.2