[newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk

2000-11-04 Thread Abraham E Mandac Jr
Please help! I currently run Windows 98 on this system: Pentium II 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM on an ASUS P2E-M motherboard 2 GB IDE HDD [the master HDD -- my only HDD at that] This is what I intend to do: 1. Buy a new IDE disk and mount it as the new master drive [to replace the old two-gig hard

Re: [newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk

2000-11-04 Thread Abraham E Mandac Jr
At 06:35 AM 11/4/00 -0600, you wrote: This is what I intend to do: 1. Buy a new IDE disk and mount it as the new master drive [to replace the old two-gig hard disk] 2. Reconnect the old 2 GB drive, this time as the slave drive [with Windows and everything else on it still intact] Abe

Re: [newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk

2000-11-04 Thread Tom Brinkman
While, as Paul describes, runnin Windoze on the slave is possible, I'd strongly suggest keeping the Windoze HDD as master and runnin Linux on the new drive added as slave. I just believe it's easier and more foolproof. Linux doesn't care, it'll run just as well on the slave. Winblows

Re: [newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk

2000-11-04 Thread Thomas Bishop
t: [newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk Please help! I currently run Windows 98 on this system: Pentium II 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM on an ASUS P2E-M motherboard 2 GB IDE HDD [the master HDD -- my only HDD at that] This is what I intend to do: 1. Buy a new IDE disk and mount it

Re: [newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk

2000-11-04 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 23:35, Eddie Torres wrote: On Sat, 04 Nov 2000, you wrote: Please help! I currently run Windows 98 on this system: Pentium II 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM on an ASUS P2E-M motherboard 2 GB IDE HDD [the master HDD -- my only HDD at that] This is what I intend to do:

Re: [newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk

2000-11-04 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
- Original Message - From: "Abraham E Mandac Jr" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 6:46 AM Subject: [newbie] install on a new master IDE hard disk Please help! I currently run Windows 98 on this system: Pentium II 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM on an