RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-03 Thread Hugh Dixon
Thanks for that Anne. My experience of windows is going through the registry and ini files changing c: to d:. It makes sense that with the linux file structure fstab would be all that is required (plus the boot loader, which I think of as being 'linux support' rather than linux proper.) Hugh

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-03 Thread et
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 07:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon wrote: > > Hugh - before going on to your query - when quoting, please always remove > the signature if it has a line '-- ' because most mail readers take > anything below that to be signature and r

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-03 Thread riccardo
On Thursday 03 March 2005 09:26 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > ÂFor those I make a copy called smb.conf.orig before I do > anything with them, but use the '.bak' method after that, so that I > can always re-read the comments of the original file. ___ ~ maybe, it is handy to note Mon

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-03 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 Mar 2005 06:24, Hugh Dixon wrote: > > Just for clarification, when you say "make back ups", the only files are > the lilo.conf and fstab. > Is this correct? (Having done this sort of thing on windows I was > expecting it to be much hard

RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Hugh Dixon
> Method 2 - Hit F2, then type rescue at the prompt. > > I would use Method 2. I would also leave "boot=/dev/hda" alone. This > will install the boot loader to the new "Master" drive. You will need > this, unless your BIOS will let you boot from IDE1. But > change all the > root= statments to

RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Hugh Dixon
> -Original Message- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2005 11:32 PM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > &g

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Duncan Anderson
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: The only reasion I remember is because I had to go through it not too long ago. I also learned that with udev, it gets interesting moving a working system to a new drive. udev mounts over the /dev directory, so you can not access the entries under it. Without the defau

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Eric Huff
> On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 16:00, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> One thing to keep in mind, without some extra changes in your lilo.conf, >> Windows will not boot from the second hard drive! > Thanks for clarifying, Mikkel. I just couldn't remember clearly enough. > I > hadn't remembered, though,

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 16:00, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Method 2 - Hit F2, then type rescue at the prompt. I would use Method 2. So would I I would also leave "boot=/dev/hda" alone. This will install the boot loader to

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 16:00, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Method 2 - Hit F2, then type rescue at the prompt. > > I would use Method 2. So would I > I would also leave "boot=/dev/hda" alone. This > will install the boot loader to the new "Master"

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon wrote: Hugh - before going on to your query - when quoting, please always remove the signature if it has a line '-- ' because most mail readers take anything below that to be signature and

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon wrote: Hugh - before going on to your query - when quoting, please always remove the signature if it has a line '-- ' because most mail readers take anything below that to be signature and remove it when so

RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 02-Mar-05 22:24 To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 11:00, Paul Smith

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 11:00, Paul Smith wrote: > On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:59:54 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging > > >the power is enough. > > > > Just u

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:59:54 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging > >the power is enough. > > > Just unplugging the power can cause interesting problems sometimes. It > all depends on what the drive's electronic

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-01 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Eric Huff wrote: Thanks, Duncan and Eric. How can I disable/disconnect the old drive? Have I to unplug it? Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging the power is enough. eric Just unplugging the power can cause interesting problems sometimes. It all depends on wha

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-01 Thread Eric Huff
> Thanks, Duncan and Eric. How can I disable/disconnect the old > drive? Have I to unplug it? Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging the power is enough. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:20:08 +0200, Duncan Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have done this many times, and I would say that the safest method of > all is to disable/disconnect the old drive Thanks, Duncan and Eric. How can I disable/disconnect the old drive? Have I to unplug it? Paul

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-01 Thread Duncan Anderson
Eric Huff wrote: Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer. Could someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I still have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the information on my old disk? I used this: http://www

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread Eric Huff
Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer. > Could someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I > still have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the information > on my old disk? I used this: http://www.faqs.org/docs/

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:54:03 +, riccardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > would like to have the smaller disk with MS Windows and the > > second (bigger) disk with Mandrake. > > > ~ a couple of remarks : > > MS Windows may need to be in front end of disk > & > MS Partition

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread riccardo
On Monday 28 February 2005 09:30 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > would like to have the smaller disk with MS Windows and the > second (bigger) disk with Mandrake. ~ a couple of remarks : MS Windows may need to be in front end of disk & MS Partition/format may not respect other folks

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:06:11 +, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer. Could > > someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I still > > have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the information on my old > > dis

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 28 Feb 2005 20:57, riccardo wrote: > On Monday 28 February 2005 07:32 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > > to make it my master disk > > _ > > a Jumper Settings diagram will be on the side of the disk. > > "Cable Select" is probably O

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread riccardo
On Monday 28 February 2005 07:32 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > to make it my master disk _ a Jumper Settings diagram will be on the side of the disk. "Cable Select" is probably OK provided your other disk is set the same. best rgds ___

Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 28 Feb 2005 19:32, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer. Could > someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I still > have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the inf

[newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-02-28 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I have just bought an extra hard disk of 80GB for my computer. Could someone here please tell me how to make it my master disk (I still have the old one of 20GB), without loosing the information on my old disk? Thanks in advance, Paul ___