You may already have the answer by now, but I'll put my fourpence worth
in. When you boot/install from the Mandrake CD-ROM you will be given the
option to configure the hard drive spaces. You will be able to select
one of the two hard drives, hda or hdb, for the linux installation, just
select the right one and use the automatic partitioning.
Dr Andrew Hill
Department of Anaesthesia
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Brighton BN2 5BE
01273 696955
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Bell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 8:13 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
