Using GRUB to boot a Windows install on another drive
I have a dual-boot setup on my primary drive: Linux and Windows 7 (via GRUB2). Some time ago I made another Windows 7 install on a different drive, and I temporarily removed the primary drive to force Windows to install its bootloader on the second drive to avoid messing with GRUB. Hence when I want to boot that install I have to press F11 before GRUB is loaded and select the second drive in the motherboard's boot menu.
Since I'm using that install more often than I anticipated, pressing F11 is becoming kind of a chore. How do I add a GRUB entry for that install to the primary drive?
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I have a dual-boot setup on my primary drive: Linux and Windows 7 (via GRUB2). Some time ago I made another Windows 7 install on a different drive, and I temporarily removed the primary drive to force Windows to install its bootloader on the second drive to avoid messing with GRUB. Hence when I want to boot that install I have to press F11 before GRUB is loaded and select the second drive in the motherboard's boot menu.
Since I'm using that install more often than I anticipated, pressing F11 is becoming kind of a chore. How do I add a GRUB entry for that install to the primary drive?
windows-7 linux boot grub grub2
asked Feb 21 at 18:25
LizLiz
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I have a dual-boot setup on my primary drive: Linux and Windows 7 (via GRUB2). Some time ago I made another Windows 7 install on a different drive, and I temporarily removed the primary drive to force Windows to install its bootloader on the second drive to avoid messing with GRUB. Hence when I want to boot that install I have to press F11 before GRUB is loaded and select the second drive in the motherboard's boot menu.
Since I'm using that install more often than I anticipated, pressing F11 is becoming kind of a chore. How do I add a GRUB entry for that install to the primary drive?
windows-7 linux boot grub grub2
asked Feb 21 at 18:25
LizLiz
185
I have a dual-boot setup on my primary drive: Linux and Windows 7 (via GRUB2). Some time ago I made another Windows 7 install on a different drive, and I temporarily removed the primary drive to force Windows to install its bootloader on the second drive to avoid messing with GRUB. Hence when I want to boot that install I have to press F11 before GRUB is loaded and select the second drive in the motherboard's boot menu.
Since I'm using that install more often than I anticipated, pressing F11 is becoming kind of a chore. How do I add a GRUB entry for that install to the primary drive?
windows-7 linux boot grub grub2
windows-7 linux boot grub grub2
asked Feb 21 at 18:25
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