want to run 2 linux os's on 2 hard drives can i dualboot?

If you run it in a virtual machine you can run it inside ubuntu.
I use virtual box to test out other distros.

Hope that helps
Shane

Yeah. No problem. Whatever system you want to dual boot, you can. Grub only boot different partition of your hard disk (you could try to boot on your swap... But I do not recommend to try it :p ).

You just need to know the hd(#,#) to boot.

hi mikechaos
just a little confused, here is the system i used to dualboot ubuntu/windows on 2 hard drives-
You will need to edit your menu.lst file:

(Open a terminal, copy & paste one line at a time, press "enter" each time)

 Code:
 cd /boot/grub
sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst_backup
gksudo gedit menu.lst
The first line changes to the grub directory, the second line
makes a backup of your menu.lst file, and the third line opens the
menu.lst file using the gedit text editor.

Copy and paste the following lines above the line

###BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

 Code:
 title Windows XP
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
will this still work with 2 linux systems?
thanks for your swift reply
regards
steve
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Hello, steve davis. :-)

To answer your question, yes. It is very easy to do. I've even run two different versions of Ubuntu before (8.04 and 9.04) side by side.

The process is simple, and even easier than dual booting with Windows, because it does it for you in the setup process. The installer will detect that you already have Linux, and will ask what you want to do about that. There will be an option that says something along the lines of "Run both Linux operating systems side by side, and choose which one to run at startup"

I really hope I've been of some help, and that I've solved your question.

Best to you, and good luck!