> -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 September 2005 12:23 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Windows on a second drive? > > > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:06:24 +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > > > This certainly seems the best solution. It saves Windows > getting arsey > > > about drives or having to try to fool it with GRUB map > commands. I'd > > > disconnect the Gentoo drive and install Windows, then replace > > > the Gentoo > > > drive as slave, boot from a live CD, edit fstab and run > grub. windows > > > should then remain blissfully unaware of your Gentoo > > > installation, which > > > means it won't try to "fix" it for you at some random later date. > > > > I doubt that this is necessary. Either try it with only one drive > > connected to the machine as suggest previously, or perhaps try this: > > If you're going to start removing and replacing drives, you > may as well > alter the jumpers while they're out to that Windows on on > hda. That's the > most Windows-friendly approach, which is a good thing when > you consider > how hostile Windows can be to its enemies :)
You're right, at least as far as preparing the installation of WinXP goes. After it gets installed I would rejumper it to a slave and put the Gentoo drive as a master, assuming of course that Gentoo is the OS used more often and its speed counts more than that of WinXP. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
