Dual boot Win/Lin on separate HDs with a switch

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Dual boot Win/Lin on separate HDs with a switch - bypass Grub?

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08-16-2019, 07:08 PM (This post was last modified: 08-16-2019, 07:13 PM by m654321.)

(08-16-2019, 05:22 PM)lintek link Wrote: This is the HD switcher I was talking about. Basically it is an on/off switch for each of the internal Hard Drives. I use it to keep my backup disconnected when not in use, and was hoping to do the same with the unused OS.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TZR...UTF8&psc=1

Many thanks for clarifying with this link.
So, why don't you keep your dual-boot system on a single drive (keep it as /dev/sda) instead of the two OS on two different drives? That way I think your back-up drive will always be /dev/sdb whether it's switched on or not. Even better, why not have your backup drive as an external USB drive (instead of an internal drive), that way you can simply unmount and eject it when not needed and this wont affect the /dev/sdx designation of your dual-boot drive ...

See what TC thinks - I'm pretty sure he'll know

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2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work

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