How do I install Linux Mint on a second hard drive?
Yes – use the something else option and point the installer at the ext4 partition you have created on the 2nd drive and tell it to use it for /. Mint will put grub on your nvme drive in EFI partition there alongside win. You will find ‘ubuntu’ at the top of the BIOS boot list and it will boot into the 2nd drive.
How do I make a second hard drive bootable?
What do I need to dual boot Windows?
- Install a new hard drive, or create a new partition on the existing one using the Windows Disk Management Utility.
- Plug in the USB stick containing the new version of Windows, then reboot the PC.
- Install Windows 10, being sure to select the Custom option.
How to dual boot Linux Mint with Windows 10?
Install Linux Mint in dual boot with Windows: Step 1: Create a live USB or disk Step 2: Make a new partition for Linux Mint Step 3: Boot in to live USB Step 4: Start the installation Step 5: Prepare the partition Step 6: Create root, swap and home Step 7: Follow the trivial instructions
How can I install Linux on a second drive?
The ideal way to get what you want is to install linux onto the second drive in terms of drive order and then select it first in terms of boot order using the UEFI set-up. An added advantage of this is that you can then use the BIOS/UEFI boot order to select the windows drive and bypass grub if you want.
Can a Linux partition be booted into Windows?
The Windows bootloader (NTLDR) can be configured to boot Linux partitions, so I decided to use it as the primary bootloader. The default boot option would remain Windows, so if the user took no action on boot, the system would go to Windows as it always had.
How do I boot from a second drive?
Two options, set the drive you want to first boot priority in the BIOS or run sudo update-grub (or grub-mkconfig depending on distro) on the new drive. There would obviously be no way the bootloader on the second drive would be aware of anything on the first drive until you do this.