Re: Switch between SATA drives?



In article <czPeg.38738$qd2.27429@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Terry Wilson <repl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have 2 SATA drives in my PC that I would like to alternately boot
from. I have XP / Ubuntu on one drive and would like to run Solaris
on the other.

I think all that's really needed is on/off switches
for the power cables, or maybe a some kind of DPDT switch.

Anyone know of any after market parts available, preferably with a front
panel switch?

Thanks


There is lots of software around that can give you a menu of boot
partitions each time your rebooot. the Grub software that came with
your Ubantu should brobably be able to do it.

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