My solution for this was to move my WIN drive to the second
IDE port and installing the empty HD at primary on the first
IDE port. I FDISKed the new drive (just to make sure nothing
survived) and then did an auto install to that drive. LILO will
now boot linux automatically if I do nothing during boot or it
will run WIN if I type DOS at the LILO prompt.
> ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] How do I install Mandrake to a 2nd IDE hard drive?
> ** Original Sender: Foyah Z Freeman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ** Original Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 00:39:03 EST
> ** Original Message follows...
>
> -----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
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