Seems that you ar going about this a hard way, why not leave the Windows hd alone, add the new one as primary slave or secondary master - whatever your needs (i.e. other hardware, cd, dvd, zip etc), fdisk the new hard disc creating whatever partitions you need as Linux partitions and then when installing Mandrake do it to your prepared prepared partition On Sun, 28 May 2000, you wrote: > I have 2 hard disk, one dedicated to Windows and the other one, new. Have > not been partitioned nor formatted by either Windows or Linux. And, I plan > to install Linux on my new disk. > > I have two queries regarding installation. > > 1) > I plan to disconnect my Windows disk and setup the new disk as 'Master' and > install Linux. I will use a 'boot disk' to load Linux and will not install > LILO. > > Once I install and setup everything under Linux, I will reconnect my Windows > disk (as Master) and connect my Linux disk (as slave). > > My question is this, since I installed Linux w/ the disk as 'Master' and now > that I have reconnected my Windows disk and set Linux disk to 'Slave' would > the 'boot disk' recognize that Linux is now the slave drive (since I > installed everything w/ the disk as 'Master')? Or, I should do some editing > in the 'boot disk'? > > 2) > I will setup the new disk as 'Slave' and when the section mount point and > partitioning comes in Linux installation, I dedicate the whole 2nd disk. > Thus, I will let Mandrake do the partitioning and formatting of the new 2nd > hard disk. > > Again, I will only use 'boot disk' to boot to Linux and will say 'No' in > LILO option. > > Question: In this procedure, should I presume that Linux will not do any > changes or save something in the Windows disk? > > I will start installing once I get this clear. > > Thanks for your help. > > edison > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Linux the ULTIMATE Windows patch
