Question How to boot both and toggle between

[Dirt.napp]

I have my main drive ssd running sparky linux and a second hdd drive i put OPNsense on. I want both to boot at start up but be in drive one with ability to toggle between at least until i get OPNsense set up to run at boot with no worries....any help with this is much appreciated so Thanks in advance. Im a newb at linux and building PC's so kiddy terms please...as well as instuctions...lol. Oh my system is HP drive one ssd drive two hdd 16 mem 1.5 tb combined space

 

[USAFRet]

You can't.

What you can do is run one of them in a VM.
VMWare or VirtualBox.

 

[Dirt.napp]

I cant what? boot two drives at start up or toggle between?

 

[USAFRet]

I cant what? boot two drives at start up or toggle between?

Both.

 

[Dirt.napp]

Well Im a chump for a good debate but i just read that i can go into bootloader and change it to boot both

 

[MrLitschel]

You can only boot to one Operating System at a time. That is why you would need a VM. It can auto start on boot once the OS has started. Then you can toggle between your Main OS and the OS on the VM

 

[USAFRet]

Well Im a chump for a good debate but i just read that i can go into bootloader and change it to boot both

You read this where? Link, please.

You can choose one or the other.
But not both at the same time.

 

[COLGeek]

Well Im a chump for a good debate but i just read that i can go into bootloader and change it to boot both

But, only one at a time.

 

[Dirt.napp]

Also remember that drive two the hdd is a linux firewall distro thats its own OS

 

[COLGeek]

Also remember that drive two the hdd is a linux firewall distro thats its own OS

We know. You are missing the point the others are telling you.

Without a VM, you can only boot one OS at a time. Sure, you can switch between them, when you boot/re-boot the system.

 

[Dirt.napp]

oh ok one at the time... so do tell how to VM second drive.. as i need to get into it thru the web to finish setup

 

[Dirt.napp]

OK now youve confused me...lol...so how do i have OPNsence monitoring if im in drive one...so with out a VM drive two and my firewall are deadf?

 

[mdd1963]

You can 'effectively' perhaps 'seem to do' what you wish (although not exactly as you requested) by running Win10 with HyperV role (technically a misnomer, as it's actually Hyper-V running a special Win10 VM after the HYper-Vole role is added, despite appearances and MS's used terms), and then firing up one or more desired VMs automatically after a specified amount of time. You are not going to be able to run WIn10 thru an OPNsense firewall VM that begins afterward, however...

 

[USAFRet]

What is your actual goal here?
(yes, I know what OPNsense is and does)

 

[Dirt.napp]

My goal is to have OPN running at all times with exception to shutdown or reboot, and be in my regular OS drive doing what ever. Not having to mess with OPN other than updating...Thats why I put it in a 1TB unit so it would have plenty of space and no interuptions.

 

[Dirt.napp]

Butn i cant even seem to be able to pull up web interface to get in...they said use 192.168.1.1 as the address to get in to it but thats my routern ip and 0.1 is my cable / internet company

 

[Dirt.napp]

should i set it up differently a more simplistic route maybe?

 

[USAFRet]

My goal is to have OPN running at all times

And....Why?

https://docs.opnsense.org/setup.html

https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/virtuals.html

 

[Dirt.napp]

Why? My wife and i own and run two businesses... lot of info in my network. and i have the neighbor behind me readily using my internet asnd erasing my security cams so i cant get anything on hiom, hes a linux guy so I am trying to prevent me from going to jail....LOL

 

[USAFRet]

Why? My wife and i own and run two businesses... lot of info in my network. and i have the neighbor behind me readily using my internet asnd erasing my security cams so i cant get anything on hiom, hes a linux guy so I am trying to prevent me from going to jail....LOL

Your neighbor "using your internet" speaks to a whole host of other security issues, that need to also be fixed.

But, budget for a completely different PC to be the firewall/border protection device.
Doesn't have to be hugely powerful.

 

[Saga Lout]

Where did you download the OPNsense from? There are little naughty folks who put things up for to mess things up.