# Dual boot on pironman5 max **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974 "2025-10-28T07:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fozzy235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fozzy235](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/fozzy235)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/1 "2025-10-28T07:41:46Z")
All I can find on this topic is that one OS on NVME and the other on SD card, is that true or can you have different OS’s on the two NVME option ---
**Author:** ![Weirdyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@Weirdyguy](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/Weirdyguy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/2 "2025-10-28T09:21:55Z")
An easy way to get dual boot is to use pinn OS, you can find it in raspberry pi imager, Misc utility images. [Multi-Boot your Raspberry Pi with PINN - Pi My Life Up](https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-multi-boot/) ---
**Author:** ![fozzy235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fozzy235](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/fozzy235)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/3 "2025-10-28T09:37:28Z")
I meant having 2 operating systems on 2 nvme drives in the pironman 5 max case. Is that an option? ---
**Author:** ![fozzy235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fozzy235](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/fozzy235)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/4 "2025-10-28T09:53:50Z")
I mean Ubuntu on one of the NVME drives and Trixie on the other ---
**Author:** ![Weirdyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@Weirdyguy](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/Weirdyguy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/5 "2025-10-28T13:50:45Z")
I’m not sure if pinn OS can install OSs on 2 differents nvme. You can try… ---
**Author:** ![SunFounder\_Moderator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SunFounder\_Moderator](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/SunFounder_Moderator)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/6 "2025-10-29T02:17:41Z")
The Max case has a dual NVMe PIP module. This lets you connect two SSDs, and you can install a different operating system on each one. You can also install another system on an SD card. This allows you to switch between them when you boot up. ---
**Author:** ![fozzy235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fozzy235](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/fozzy235)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/7 "2025-10-29T10:33:15Z")
Can you tell me how the pironman5 max knows which nvme disk to boot from? Does it give you a choice at boot? ---
**Author:** ![SunFounder\_Moderator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SunFounder\_Moderator](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/SunFounder_Moderator)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/8 "2025-10-30T06:32:59Z")
If you have two NVMe system drives and need to choose one to boot from, edit the `/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt` file and change `ROOT=PARTUUID=xxxxxxxxx` to the target disk’s UUID. To find the disk UUID, use this command: ls /dev/disk/by-id/ ---
**Author:** ![Weirdyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@Weirdyguy](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/Weirdyguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/9 "2025-10-30T09:18:36Z")
But if you want to choose OS on each startup, I think Pinn OS is a better choice but I’m not sure if it install different OS into different nvme. I’ll able to try it in a few days, when I’ll receive my nvmes. ---
**Author:** ![Weirdyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@Weirdyguy](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/Weirdyguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/10 "2025-10-31T21:09:06Z")
Finally, pinn OS can’t install 2 OSs on different nvme. ---
**Author:** ![fozzy235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fozzy235](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/fozzy235)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/11 "2025-10-31T21:36:23Z")
is there any way to choose which nvme drive to boot when the Pi5 boots? without having to modify the boot config at each switch on? I’m thinking of something similar to GRUB2 but for the PI. I realise GRUB is x86 (PC) based, but. is there something similar on Arm? ---
**Author:** ![Weirdyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@Weirdyguy](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/Weirdyguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/12 "2025-10-31T22:36:40Z")
I don’t think so. If you want to multiboot from one nvme, you can easily make it with pinn OS. ---
**Author:** ![SunFounder\_Moderator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SunFounder\_Moderator](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/SunFounder_Moderator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/13 "2025-11-03T08:06:07Z")
Weirdyguy is correct. If you want to select the OS at boot, this can only be achieved using Pinn. ---
**Author:** ![mavlabs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@mavlabs](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/mavlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/14 "2026-09-19T11:43:02Z")
Did you ever manage to install 2 OSes on different nvme drives? ---
**Author:** ![SunFounder\_Moderator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SunFounder\_Moderator](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/SunFounder_Moderator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dual-boot-on-pironman5-max/3974/15 "2026-09-20T09:37:48Z")
Technically, yes — you can flash different operating systems onto two separate NVMe SSDs. However, since the NVMe drive is normally configured to boot from one interface by default, having two operating systems installed this way is not very practical, as the system will only boot from the default drive. If you need to run multiple operating systems, we would suggest considering a virtual machine setup instead. This is generally a more flexible and manageable solution than dual-booting from two separate NVMe drives.