-----Original Message-----
From: Foyah Z. Freeman, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 12:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive?
Hello Greg,
I am a newbie also and have successfully installed Mandrake 7.0 on a second
ide drive. Mandrake 7.0 will ask you during the installation where to
install. I don't quite remember the step, but I believe it is the selection
for partitioning your drive, you will see selections that look like this:
Fat 32 [this actually refers to your c: drive, the 6gb or
the drive with Windows
Hdb1 [this is actually your d: drive]
This is the drive you want to install on; just check it first because it
shows you the size of the drive you select (something like 4100k).
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO SELECT THE FAT 32 PARTITION!!!!!!!
I wouldn't worry much about this installation, it is very smooth. I have
tried mandrake 6.0, 6.1, suse 6.3,
Caldera openlinux 2.3, red hat 6.0, and corel linux deluxe edition. All of
my mandrake distributions have gone well except that this time, for the very
first time, I have been able to install fairly easily and also get my SBLive
sound card to work without me doing anything special.
The last step helps you install LILO so you can type linux or windows to
load the respective operating system.
This is good stuff man. I hope you try installing and have fun doing so.
Let me know if it works.
Good Luck.
Foyah
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 3:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive?
I've been reading all the good reviews on Mandrake 7. I'm interested in
giving it a try due to its easy install feature. The last time I tried to
install Linux, I totally screwed up my system. However Mandrake 7 looks like
a fairly easy install with most of what I want already included in the
distribution. So I think I will give it another go.
I have one question:
I have two IDE hard drives in my computer (c: drive is a 6GB & d: drive is a
4GB). I have Windows 98 on the 6GB drive, and really nothing on the 4GB. For
my Mandrake 7 install, I would really like to keep Windows on my 6GB and
install Mandrake on the 4GB (and give Mandrake full access to the whole 4GB
drive), and use some sort of boot manager to toggle between the two at boot
up (I guess LILO, unless if there is something better). I've looked
everywhere on the Internet, and found that most pages that explain how to
have Windows and Linux installed on the same machine, all explain how to do
the install on the same drive. I haven't found any sites that explain how to
install Linux on a 2nd drive.
Do any of you know of any sites that would explain how to install Mandrake 7
to an empty 2nd drive in a very step-by-step way?
Thanks for you information!
Greg
