brumman
March 18th, 2017, 10:15 AM
Hope this isn't a duplicate but I just want to clarify what I think I found so far in the posts.
I have 2 internal HDs one Ubuntu12.04 and the other Win7. I rarely use windows but I have the option of booting into it from the Ubuntu Boot loader menu. I am testing Ubuntu 16.04 (Live persistent USB) and am now ready to install it to a new internal 2T HD.
I know that the updates/programs on the live USB will not get installed but I am not sure about grub. Where will it reside? As long as all drives are connected during installation will all the OSs be added to the boot menu on whichever drive is set first in the BIOS (not uefi)?
I thought it safer to remove the 2 existing HDs while installing but now realise that then they would no longer be recognized by grub.
On the new install is there any point in a separate boot partition or should I just let the ubiquity installer go with /, /home, data partition and finally swap. I only have 4G ram but have never yet seen the swap on Ubuntu12.04 used! But I suppose that swap should be on Ubuntu16 too, because I eventually will remove Ubuntu12 and use that HD for something else.
I have 2 internal HDs one Ubuntu12.04 and the other Win7. I rarely use windows but I have the option of booting into it from the Ubuntu Boot loader menu. I am testing Ubuntu 16.04 (Live persistent USB) and am now ready to install it to a new internal 2T HD.
I know that the updates/programs on the live USB will not get installed but I am not sure about grub. Where will it reside? As long as all drives are connected during installation will all the OSs be added to the boot menu on whichever drive is set first in the BIOS (not uefi)?
I thought it safer to remove the 2 existing HDs while installing but now realise that then they would no longer be recognized by grub.
On the new install is there any point in a separate boot partition or should I just let the ubiquity installer go with /, /home, data partition and finally swap. I only have 4G ram but have never yet seen the swap on Ubuntu12.04 used! But I suppose that swap should be on Ubuntu16 too, because I eventually will remove Ubuntu12 and use that HD for something else.