Dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04.1 on separate hard drives












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This is my system:



Asus N552VW (my bios mode is Legacy):



128GB SSD: my windows 10 is installed on it



2 TB HDD (partitioned to two 1000 GB): 250 GB shrinked for Ubuntu



My question is: looking at the picture below, which device should I use for boot loader installation ? Ubuntu installation
Ubuntu installation



update:



I think this can help:
boot priorities in bios menu










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  • Assuming your Windows boot-loader is installed on sda, you should install Grub to sdb.

    – mook765
    Feb 3 at 15:03











  • doing what you've said, Would I get two entries in grub menu (one for Windows 10 and one for Ubuntu)?

    – Kasra
    Feb 3 at 15:08











  • If Windows fast start up or hibernation is enabled, the Linux NTFS driver cannot see the NTFS partitions. So then grub only boots working (not hibernated) Windows. So grub will offer to boot Windows as long as you keep fast start up off. askubuntu.com/questions/843153/…

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:42











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57
















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This is my system:



Asus N552VW (my bios mode is Legacy):



128GB SSD: my windows 10 is installed on it



2 TB HDD (partitioned to two 1000 GB): 250 GB shrinked for Ubuntu



My question is: looking at the picture below, which device should I use for boot loader installation ? Ubuntu installation
Ubuntu installation



update:



I think this can help:
boot priorities in bios menu










share|improve this question

























  • Assuming your Windows boot-loader is installed on sda, you should install Grub to sdb.

    – mook765
    Feb 3 at 15:03











  • doing what you've said, Would I get two entries in grub menu (one for Windows 10 and one for Ubuntu)?

    – Kasra
    Feb 3 at 15:08











  • If Windows fast start up or hibernation is enabled, the Linux NTFS driver cannot see the NTFS partitions. So then grub only boots working (not hibernated) Windows. So grub will offer to boot Windows as long as you keep fast start up off. askubuntu.com/questions/843153/…

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:42











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57














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This is my system:



Asus N552VW (my bios mode is Legacy):



128GB SSD: my windows 10 is installed on it



2 TB HDD (partitioned to two 1000 GB): 250 GB shrinked for Ubuntu



My question is: looking at the picture below, which device should I use for boot loader installation ? Ubuntu installation
Ubuntu installation



update:



I think this can help:
boot priorities in bios menu










share|improve this question
















This is my system:



Asus N552VW (my bios mode is Legacy):



128GB SSD: my windows 10 is installed on it



2 TB HDD (partitioned to two 1000 GB): 250 GB shrinked for Ubuntu



My question is: looking at the picture below, which device should I use for boot loader installation ? Ubuntu installation
Ubuntu installation



update:



I think this can help:
boot priorities in bios menu







dual-boot grub2 partitioning windows-10 hybrid






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  • Assuming your Windows boot-loader is installed on sda, you should install Grub to sdb.

    – mook765
    Feb 3 at 15:03











  • doing what you've said, Would I get two entries in grub menu (one for Windows 10 and one for Ubuntu)?

    – Kasra
    Feb 3 at 15:08











  • If Windows fast start up or hibernation is enabled, the Linux NTFS driver cannot see the NTFS partitions. So then grub only boots working (not hibernated) Windows. So grub will offer to boot Windows as long as you keep fast start up off. askubuntu.com/questions/843153/…

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:42











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57



















  • Assuming your Windows boot-loader is installed on sda, you should install Grub to sdb.

    – mook765
    Feb 3 at 15:03











  • doing what you've said, Would I get two entries in grub menu (one for Windows 10 and one for Ubuntu)?

    – Kasra
    Feb 3 at 15:08











  • If Windows fast start up or hibernation is enabled, the Linux NTFS driver cannot see the NTFS partitions. So then grub only boots working (not hibernated) Windows. So grub will offer to boot Windows as long as you keep fast start up off. askubuntu.com/questions/843153/…

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:42











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57

















Assuming your Windows boot-loader is installed on sda, you should install Grub to sdb.

– mook765
Feb 3 at 15:03





Assuming your Windows boot-loader is installed on sda, you should install Grub to sdb.

– mook765
Feb 3 at 15:03













doing what you've said, Would I get two entries in grub menu (one for Windows 10 and one for Ubuntu)?

– Kasra
Feb 3 at 15:08





doing what you've said, Would I get two entries in grub menu (one for Windows 10 and one for Ubuntu)?

– Kasra
Feb 3 at 15:08













If Windows fast start up or hibernation is enabled, the Linux NTFS driver cannot see the NTFS partitions. So then grub only boots working (not hibernated) Windows. So grub will offer to boot Windows as long as you keep fast start up off. askubuntu.com/questions/843153/…

– oldfred
Feb 3 at 16:42





If Windows fast start up or hibernation is enabled, the Linux NTFS driver cannot see the NTFS partitions. So then grub only boots working (not hibernated) Windows. So grub will offer to boot Windows as long as you keep fast start up off. askubuntu.com/questions/843153/…

– oldfred
Feb 3 at 16:42













I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

– Kasra
Feb 10 at 12:57





I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

– Kasra
Feb 10 at 12:57










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The simple mode



Use two partitions on the HDD disk




  • 242 GB for the root /

  • 8 GB for a swap partition


When you create the partitions, select the boot device the sda.



Recommended method



The 242 GB of the root partition. Divide it in two:




  • 60 GB to mount the linux root: /

  • 182 to mount the user directories: /home


Same as the previous suggestion. Select the boot device to disk sda.
(remember the swap partition 8GB)






share|improve this answer



















  • 1





    New versions of Ubuntu now use a swap file by default, no swap partition required. But if you do create a swap partition, then it will be used.

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:40











  • @oldfred, You are right. I'm used to doing partitions, by servers.

    – Carlos Dagorret
    Feb 3 at 23:23






  • 1





    I updated the question.

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 11:50











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57



















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Having similar case, I did:




  1. I left original Windows bootloder on sda

  2. I installed Grub on sdb

  3. I set up BIOS to boot from sdb by default


Grub menu still allows me to boot in Linux or Windows. But if something goes wrong, I can revert in BIOS and still boot in Windows, or even use BIOS F12 menu to choose system.



Btw. can't you somewhat place swap on SSD? This sometimes is very helpful.






share|improve this answer
























  • I'm a bit confused. your suggestion is exactly the opposite of the one above. I still in doubt whether to choose sda or sdb. But I must say that in my boot priorities (in bios menu) I only see the SSD hard drive (sda).

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:12













  • I edited the question to make it more clear

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:15











  • Let me say this way: default choice of "green" user is sda, so Grub replaces Windows 10 bootloader. I took another approach that gave me some additional features. But if you do not know what and why, maybe really use sda.

    – Maciej Polański
    Feb 5 at 15:57











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The simple mode



Use two partitions on the HDD disk




  • 242 GB for the root /

  • 8 GB for a swap partition


When you create the partitions, select the boot device the sda.



Recommended method



The 242 GB of the root partition. Divide it in two:




  • 60 GB to mount the linux root: /

  • 182 to mount the user directories: /home


Same as the previous suggestion. Select the boot device to disk sda.
(remember the swap partition 8GB)






share|improve this answer



















  • 1





    New versions of Ubuntu now use a swap file by default, no swap partition required. But if you do create a swap partition, then it will be used.

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:40











  • @oldfred, You are right. I'm used to doing partitions, by servers.

    – Carlos Dagorret
    Feb 3 at 23:23






  • 1





    I updated the question.

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 11:50











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57
















0














The simple mode



Use two partitions on the HDD disk




  • 242 GB for the root /

  • 8 GB for a swap partition


When you create the partitions, select the boot device the sda.



Recommended method



The 242 GB of the root partition. Divide it in two:




  • 60 GB to mount the linux root: /

  • 182 to mount the user directories: /home


Same as the previous suggestion. Select the boot device to disk sda.
(remember the swap partition 8GB)






share|improve this answer



















  • 1





    New versions of Ubuntu now use a swap file by default, no swap partition required. But if you do create a swap partition, then it will be used.

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:40











  • @oldfred, You are right. I'm used to doing partitions, by servers.

    – Carlos Dagorret
    Feb 3 at 23:23






  • 1





    I updated the question.

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 11:50











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57














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The simple mode



Use two partitions on the HDD disk




  • 242 GB for the root /

  • 8 GB for a swap partition


When you create the partitions, select the boot device the sda.



Recommended method



The 242 GB of the root partition. Divide it in two:




  • 60 GB to mount the linux root: /

  • 182 to mount the user directories: /home


Same as the previous suggestion. Select the boot device to disk sda.
(remember the swap partition 8GB)






share|improve this answer













The simple mode



Use two partitions on the HDD disk




  • 242 GB for the root /

  • 8 GB for a swap partition


When you create the partitions, select the boot device the sda.



Recommended method



The 242 GB of the root partition. Divide it in two:




  • 60 GB to mount the linux root: /

  • 182 to mount the user directories: /home


Same as the previous suggestion. Select the boot device to disk sda.
(remember the swap partition 8GB)







share|improve this answer












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answered Feb 3 at 15:15









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  • 1





    New versions of Ubuntu now use a swap file by default, no swap partition required. But if you do create a swap partition, then it will be used.

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:40











  • @oldfred, You are right. I'm used to doing partitions, by servers.

    – Carlos Dagorret
    Feb 3 at 23:23






  • 1





    I updated the question.

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 11:50











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57














  • 1





    New versions of Ubuntu now use a swap file by default, no swap partition required. But if you do create a swap partition, then it will be used.

    – oldfred
    Feb 3 at 16:40











  • @oldfred, You are right. I'm used to doing partitions, by servers.

    – Carlos Dagorret
    Feb 3 at 23:23






  • 1





    I updated the question.

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 11:50











  • I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

    – Kasra
    Feb 10 at 12:57








1




1





New versions of Ubuntu now use a swap file by default, no swap partition required. But if you do create a swap partition, then it will be used.

– oldfred
Feb 3 at 16:40





New versions of Ubuntu now use a swap file by default, no swap partition required. But if you do create a swap partition, then it will be used.

– oldfred
Feb 3 at 16:40













@oldfred, You are right. I'm used to doing partitions, by servers.

– Carlos Dagorret
Feb 3 at 23:23





@oldfred, You are right. I'm used to doing partitions, by servers.

– Carlos Dagorret
Feb 3 at 23:23




1




1





I updated the question.

– Kasra
Feb 5 at 11:50





I updated the question.

– Kasra
Feb 5 at 11:50













I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

– Kasra
Feb 10 at 12:57





I faced a problem posted here: askubuntu.com/questions/1117120/…

– Kasra
Feb 10 at 12:57













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Having similar case, I did:




  1. I left original Windows bootloder on sda

  2. I installed Grub on sdb

  3. I set up BIOS to boot from sdb by default


Grub menu still allows me to boot in Linux or Windows. But if something goes wrong, I can revert in BIOS and still boot in Windows, or even use BIOS F12 menu to choose system.



Btw. can't you somewhat place swap on SSD? This sometimes is very helpful.






share|improve this answer
























  • I'm a bit confused. your suggestion is exactly the opposite of the one above. I still in doubt whether to choose sda or sdb. But I must say that in my boot priorities (in bios menu) I only see the SSD hard drive (sda).

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:12













  • I edited the question to make it more clear

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:15











  • Let me say this way: default choice of "green" user is sda, so Grub replaces Windows 10 bootloader. I took another approach that gave me some additional features. But if you do not know what and why, maybe really use sda.

    – Maciej Polański
    Feb 5 at 15:57
















0














Having similar case, I did:




  1. I left original Windows bootloder on sda

  2. I installed Grub on sdb

  3. I set up BIOS to boot from sdb by default


Grub menu still allows me to boot in Linux or Windows. But if something goes wrong, I can revert in BIOS and still boot in Windows, or even use BIOS F12 menu to choose system.



Btw. can't you somewhat place swap on SSD? This sometimes is very helpful.






share|improve this answer
























  • I'm a bit confused. your suggestion is exactly the opposite of the one above. I still in doubt whether to choose sda or sdb. But I must say that in my boot priorities (in bios menu) I only see the SSD hard drive (sda).

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:12













  • I edited the question to make it more clear

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:15











  • Let me say this way: default choice of "green" user is sda, so Grub replaces Windows 10 bootloader. I took another approach that gave me some additional features. But if you do not know what and why, maybe really use sda.

    – Maciej Polański
    Feb 5 at 15:57














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Having similar case, I did:




  1. I left original Windows bootloder on sda

  2. I installed Grub on sdb

  3. I set up BIOS to boot from sdb by default


Grub menu still allows me to boot in Linux or Windows. But if something goes wrong, I can revert in BIOS and still boot in Windows, or even use BIOS F12 menu to choose system.



Btw. can't you somewhat place swap on SSD? This sometimes is very helpful.






share|improve this answer













Having similar case, I did:




  1. I left original Windows bootloder on sda

  2. I installed Grub on sdb

  3. I set up BIOS to boot from sdb by default


Grub menu still allows me to boot in Linux or Windows. But if something goes wrong, I can revert in BIOS and still boot in Windows, or even use BIOS F12 menu to choose system.



Btw. can't you somewhat place swap on SSD? This sometimes is very helpful.







share|improve this answer












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answered Feb 4 at 1:45









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  • I'm a bit confused. your suggestion is exactly the opposite of the one above. I still in doubt whether to choose sda or sdb. But I must say that in my boot priorities (in bios menu) I only see the SSD hard drive (sda).

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:12













  • I edited the question to make it more clear

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:15











  • Let me say this way: default choice of "green" user is sda, so Grub replaces Windows 10 bootloader. I took another approach that gave me some additional features. But if you do not know what and why, maybe really use sda.

    – Maciej Polański
    Feb 5 at 15:57



















  • I'm a bit confused. your suggestion is exactly the opposite of the one above. I still in doubt whether to choose sda or sdb. But I must say that in my boot priorities (in bios menu) I only see the SSD hard drive (sda).

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:12













  • I edited the question to make it more clear

    – Kasra
    Feb 5 at 9:15











  • Let me say this way: default choice of "green" user is sda, so Grub replaces Windows 10 bootloader. I took another approach that gave me some additional features. But if you do not know what and why, maybe really use sda.

    – Maciej Polański
    Feb 5 at 15:57

















I'm a bit confused. your suggestion is exactly the opposite of the one above. I still in doubt whether to choose sda or sdb. But I must say that in my boot priorities (in bios menu) I only see the SSD hard drive (sda).

– Kasra
Feb 5 at 9:12







I'm a bit confused. your suggestion is exactly the opposite of the one above. I still in doubt whether to choose sda or sdb. But I must say that in my boot priorities (in bios menu) I only see the SSD hard drive (sda).

– Kasra
Feb 5 at 9:12















I edited the question to make it more clear

– Kasra
Feb 5 at 9:15





I edited the question to make it more clear

– Kasra
Feb 5 at 9:15













Let me say this way: default choice of "green" user is sda, so Grub replaces Windows 10 bootloader. I took another approach that gave me some additional features. But if you do not know what and why, maybe really use sda.

– Maciej Polański
Feb 5 at 15:57





Let me say this way: default choice of "green" user is sda, so Grub replaces Windows 10 bootloader. I took another approach that gave me some additional features. But if you do not know what and why, maybe really use sda.

– Maciej Polański
Feb 5 at 15:57


















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