(solved) grub das not recognise 2nd harddisk in expansion slot

[waldmattis]

Good evening,
I use an HP laptop that works perfectly with MX.
I have now removed the internal DVD burner and am using a caddy in its place so that I can use 2.5" hard drives as a second drive in the laptop.

Now I have tried to configure grub so that I can choose when switching on the computer whether I want to boot from the built-in hard drive or from the caddy (temporary drive).

The 1TB drive boots perfectly when I swap it for the fixed drive.

Can I achieve that my desired configuration
- 1TB in the caddy
and the
- 450 GIB permanently installed
grub offers both discs for selection when the computer is switched on?

At the moment grub only offers the sda (450 GiB) for booting.
I attach 3 screenshot with sda and sdb in gparted.

I am grateful for any advice.

Have a good Easter week everyone!

Best regards
Karl

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 [6.1.76-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-18-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=4804608
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 650 G1 v: A3009DD10203
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2101 v: KBC Version 16.3C serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: L78 Ver. 01.39 date: 09/26/2016
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4300M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3199 high: 3217 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 3193 2: 3193 3: 3217 4: 3193 bogomips: 20753
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
    DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-7:3 chip-ID: 05c8:0369 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x34ed built: 2012 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142
    gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 8
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-18-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
    status: off 3: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 3080
    bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153a class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 2-12:4 chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: fc00 hci-v: 4.0 rev: 1ebd
  Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: object transfer
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.35 TiB used: 170.9 GiB (12.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 043
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 67.07 GiB size: 65.47 GiB (97.61%) used: 22.57 GiB (34.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 180.04 GiB size: 176.16 GiB (97.84%) used: 132.78 GiB (75.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 5.72 GiB used: 31.2 MiB (0.5%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2607 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2596 libs: 1380 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 11
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:
  Processes: 239 Uptime: 1h 6m wakeups: 3 Memory: 3.72 GiB used: 2.77 GiB (74.3%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[CharlesV]

Have you looked at MX Boot Options? I believe I saw a method in there to choose how / where you wanted to boot. (I havent tried making that change, but it looks like you could.)

[fehlix]

Now I have tried to configure grub so that I can choose when switching on the computer whether I want to boot from the built-in hard drive or from the caddy (temporary drive).

That's not GRUB you select from. B/c grub will only see what BIOS send to GRUB.
On BIOS/MBR booting you select boot device by pressing a Fn-key (on HP maybe F9 or F10) to choose
the BIOS booting device.
Also some "older" bios-(emulation) might only list BIOS-booting devices,
if there is an partition with a boot-flag on.
Or those attached drive may be enabled to be allowed to boot from.
And mixing GPT and MBR/DOS formatted drives may confuse those "BIOS system further",
b/c both require different "bios-driver to get loaded, BIOS/MBR emulated booting may not
be the main development/testing target of those OEM PC BIOS/UEFI systems.
The picture shown do only show a fraction of the situation, e.g with not showing all partitions,
you may have missed whether an boot-flag set or not.

[waldmattis]

@CharlesV
@fehlix

CharlesV:
thank you so much for your help! You gave me the right advice - it is a matter of going into BIOS at startup and select expansion slot

@fehlix
you helped me so much in the past. Therefore I give you ***** (should be stars) ;-)

I know,
that I am in the wrong thread for the request
"Please Package PAPERLESS-NGX v2.2.1 from Dec-29-2023"
in the wrong thread, but despite over 16 thousand views, which shows a lot of interest, I haven't had a supportive response yet.
Or have I missed something?

If you want me to post this request elsewhere on MXforum, I'll be happy to do so.

Wishing you both and your families a pleasant and relaxing Easter
Karl

Addendum: I add a screenshot regarding
"Please Package PAPERLESS-NGX v2.2.1 from Dec-29-2023"

[CharlesV]

Glad you have it resolved.

Please mark as solved using the check mark on the top right of the post that resolved it.

As for paperless-ngx , your post in December was in the right area and I am sure the dev's have seen it. The question is if it can be included, and I suspect there is an issue.

It DOES look excellent though and I have a few people that might be interested in this solution - So I will be checking it out shortly.

[waldmattis]

@CharlesV
Oh yes, I forgot to "solve" it.

And I thank you again for your support!

Now I will "solve" it

[Eadwine Rose]

You can press the checkmark next to the username on the post that has the solution. :)

[waldmattis]

@eadwine Rose
thank you very much for this advice.
To be honest: I did not know it till your help

Wishing you and your families a pleasant and relaxing Easter
Karl
Karl