Dual Boot Seperate Hard Drive

Software & Operating Systems Linux
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Hey so I dual boot Fedora with random distros, ultimatley I found that ubuntu works best currently, I’ve had some luck with a couple other, sort of kind of, when in Fedora if every drive is mounted and I run

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg

this command breaks manjaro, centos and pop os! boot, but not ubuntu

I’m wondering if they’re is something that can be done?

I want to just have 2-3 ssds what I can continually install distros and just have one distro manage the bootloader.

I like Fedora’s grub 2 it’s made of steel, never breaks.

I’ve been in a constant study of distros, trying to find one that can run Davinci Resolve with AMD Polaris/Vega, run makemkv and detect and install firmware to my blackmagic intensity pro 4k.

Fedora/Ubuntu can run hacked versions of resolve, I’m crossing my fingers that Ubuntu can get my blackmagic intensity Pro 4k.

I’m not sure how to get makemkv working on Fedora, I also need to check out Centos 8 and Centos stream. If they use Dnf, Davinci Resolve should easily work with Rocm, still unsure about makemkv on rpm distros.

The killer for Centos 8 and maybe even Fedora 31 is 32 bit as still need dxvk/lutris/steam

If anyone has ideas how to dual boot a bunch of distros let me know also if anyone has tried Centos 8, do you know if it can run wine/lutris/dxvk?

Thanks

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Install os-prober and run it then create your config, i should find any os thats install and it to the config

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If it’s separate drive installs then don’t make them aware of one another. Install individually, and if you want to switch OS then hit whatever function key at boot for a single boot up or change the UEFI/BIOS boot priority for it to always boot from that selection.

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wow good point, f12 and you can just pick what you want, that fell right under my nose, good-bye grub.