Another hard disk problem

[blitzkreig]

Can i have 2 differnt Operating systems running on 2 different hard disks of the same machine ?
In my case it is fedora core 3 and win 2k server. If possible how would i configure my grub boot loader ?

[harry12]

Can't offer any info n your boot loader, but I wonder why you don't have a single drawer for one HDD, The second HDD is in its own drawer and can be plugged-in when you remove the other.
This scheme works for me and I can run Windows and Linux on virtually separate machines. Of course you can't file-share but I guess a cheap USB Stick would do that.
The important advantage is that whatever happens the two OS cannot clash. The motherboard just Auto boots from (whichever) HDD and my screen/keyboard/mouse/printer remain connected. The discs are of completely different capacity - reflecting the price change since I bought Windows way-back.
Linux is said to give an old PC a boost (more efficient use of memory?) all I can say is that booting takes about twice as long with Linux (Ubuntu5.04) but then I don't need to defrag the HDD, neither do I have any fear of viruses etc - maybe I should.

[s7p9a2m4]

Yes you can. Install windows first on the master hard drive. Then install linux on the second drive. Install grub bootloader to the mbr. Everything should be dandy. Ubuntu is a little buggie so no guarantees. You would be better off with Mepis or PcLinuxOS.