install questions
I have an older machine, Pentium 233 MMX, 256MB SDRAM, 512 cache, (2) Western Digital 8.4 GB HDD, 24X CDROM, 2X CDRW. I am presently running it as a Win ME machine, with the (C:\) drive (hda) set as "primary master" and the (D:\) drive (hdb) set as "primary slave". The CDROM is set as the "secondary master", with the CDRW set as "secondary slave". My intention is to run a tri-boot machine letting Slackware 8.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2 split the second drive. I also have V-Com's System Commander 7.05 software available. I ran RedHat 5.x a few years ago, successfully sharing a single drive with windoze and using an older version of system commander. 1. Should I change the harddrives so that C:\ is primary master and D:\ is secondary master? 2. Should I use the "System Commander" software? 3. Should I install Slackware or FreeBSD first? Does it matter? This is a learning/re-learning experience, so I have no problem trying something and going back to scratch...any caveats, criticisms, or advice is appreciated. Thanks, Mike Shields _ Play the Elvis® Scratch & Win for your chance to instantly win $10,000 Cash - a 2003 Harley Davidson® Sportster® - 1 of 25,000 CD's - and more! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail_scratch_tl/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_020801/index.asp?tc=7087 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: install questions
One suggestion is that you have a cdrom and a hard drive on each chain. By having both the cdrom and the cd-writer on the same chain, you will run into problems should you try to copy a disk, drive to drive. Also, by putting the hard drives on different chains, you will increase the speed of the copy, vice having them on the same chain. Unfortunately, I have not used System Commander, so I am in no position to comment on its use. Regards, Jeff Kirkland > I have an older machine, Pentium 233 MMX, 256MB SDRAM, 512 cache, (2) Western > Digital 8.4 GB HDD, 24X CDROM, 2X CDRW. > I am presently running it as a Win ME machine, with the (C:\) drive (hda) set as > "primary master" and the (D:\) drive (hdb) set as "primary slave". The CDROM is > set as the "secondary master", with the CDRW set as "secondary slave". > > My intention is to run a tri-boot machine letting Slackware 8.1 and FreeBSD > 4.6.2 split the second drive. > > I also have V-Com's System Commander 7.05 software available. > > I ran RedHat 5.x a few years ago, successfully sharing a single drive with > windoze and using an older version of system commander. > > 1. Should I change the harddrives so that C:\ is primary master and D:\ is > secondary master? > > 2. Should I use the "System Commander" software? > > 3. Should I install Slackware or FreeBSD first? Does it matter? > > This is a learning/re-learning experience, so I have no problem trying something > >and going back to scratch...any caveats, criticisms, or advice is appreciated. > > Thanks, > > > Mike Shields > > > _ > Play the Elvis® Scratch & Win for your chance to instantly win $10,000 Cash > - a 2003 Harley Davidson® Sportster® - 1 of 25,000 CD's - and more! > http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail_scratch_tl/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_0208 > 01/index.asp?tc=7087 > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: [TriLUG] Re: install questions
This is late, but I've never had that happen. I have my HDD drives on one chain, my reader and writer on the other. One thing that does help me, is I turn off ATAPI cdrom in the kernel, and use generic scsi support and let the machine see them as scsi. I also use XCDroast and it works great! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 9:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TriLUG] Re: install questions One suggestion is that you have a cdrom and a hard drive on each chain. By having both the cdrom and the cd-writer on the same chain, you will run into problems should you try to copy a disk, drive to drive. Also, by putting the hard drives on different chains, you will increase the speed of the copy, vice having them on the same chain. Unfortunately, I have not used System Commander, so I am in no position to comment on its use. Regards, Jeff Kirkland > I have an older machine, Pentium 233 MMX, 256MB SDRAM, 512 cache, (2) Western > Digital 8.4 GB HDD, 24X CDROM, 2X CDRW. > I am presently running it as a Win ME machine, with the (C:\) drive (hda) set as > "primary master" and the (D:\) drive (hdb) set as "primary slave". The CDROM is > set as the "secondary master", with the CDRW set as "secondary slave". > > My intention is to run a tri-boot machine letting Slackware 8.1 and FreeBSD > 4.6.2 split the second drive. > > I also have V-Com's System Commander 7.05 software available. > > I ran RedHat 5.x a few years ago, successfully sharing a single drive with > windoze and using an older version of system commander. > > 1. Should I change the harddrives so that C:\ is primary master and D:\ is > secondary master? > > 2. Should I use the "System Commander" software? > > 3. Should I install Slackware or FreeBSD first? Does it matter? > > This is a learning/re-learning experience, so I have no problem trying something > and going back to scratch...any caveats, criticisms, or advice is appreciated. > > Thanks, > > > Mike Shields > > > _ > Play the Elvis(r) Scratch & Win for your chance to instantly win $10,000 Cash > - a 2003 Harley Davidson(r) Sportster(r) - 1 of 25,000 CD's - and more! > http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail_scratch_tl/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_ 0208 > 01/index.asp?tc=7087 > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss