Putting a Second Hard drive in My 7805U for Ubuntu Questions!!!

So i've recently started using Ubuntu a little, mostly for Android Programming reasons..

I have to admit though Ubuntu is pretty sweet!!

But I've got to have my win7.. So I just got a 160GIG drive to go in my second slot and i was thinking about just partioning the whole thing for Ubuntu..

If anyone has tips/suggestions for the process feel free to speak up..

And I guess having the dual boot option is the only way to achieve this, so does both hard drives need to be set as primary?

 

Ubuntu should install GRUB on the MBR of Disk 1.. that will allow you to have a selection screen on bootup.
It will have options like 'Windows 7' Ubuntu or Memtest.

 

Another way to go about installing and using another OS and not using a boot loader is to pull the primary drive, install the secondary drive in the primary slot, install the OS (Unbuntu in this case), then reinstall the primary drive in primary slot and secondary drive in secondary slot then use the boot option choice when firing up the machine. Cannot remember what key it is for the FX's, F10 maybe. I prefer this route as there is no boot loader to remove/mess with if you decide to eliminate the secondary OS at some point down the road.

 

this is the way i set it up..

Only problem is i can't seem to use files stored in Windows while in Ubuntu.. I've read there's some way to do this, people call it a swap drive or something..

I've just been using a flashdrive to transfer files from one OS to another..

 

I ended up reinstalling ubuntu to the second hard drive without using the windows installer..

I now have a correctly set up Ubuntu/win7 computer..

I originally starting using UBUNTU for Android, but it's quickly becoming my preferred OS..

Now i just need to figure out how to BEEF up the laptop some..

What's the best processor our Mother Board can handle? And what's the maximum amount of memory it can support?

Or should i look at replacing the motherboard as well?

I would really like a better processor, and possibly 8GB of RAM, maybe even 16GB? Compiling ROMS can really pull some resources lol...

 

8GB is the limit for now. There are 8GB stick but they are expensive and I do not know if our systems will support it. 2x4GB 1066MHz DDR3 or better works great. Rememeber it will never run faster than 1066MHz so don't waiste money if you do not have too.

The best CPU is the x9100. In windows 7 you can use Throttle Stop to over clock up to 4.0 Ghz. That is really pushing it though, most people see 3.45 GHz stable with ou an issue.

For Linux though OC'ng may be more problematic. For this reason if you can get a cheap T9900 you may be better off. Both OS's will run at 3.06GHz stock just no overclocking in Windows 7.

If you upgrade the CPU also be sure to run bios 9c.17.00 as there is a slightly better snappyness to the desktop etc with the 6MB L2 chips. for some unknown reason it works better, theere has been so percieved differnce though with the stock CPU's...............

 

thanks very much for the info...

 

Yeah a swap is how that works. I've gone through setting up Ubuntu at least 10 times as a trial and error process. A swap partition acts as virtual ram for Ubuntu and allows you to access the windows partition if both OS's are on the same HD. You also have to "mount" the partition in Ubuntu in order to access the contents.