Isaac Curtis wrote: > Right now I've got my HP 9100 CD-RW plugged into Primary Master, Windows IBM > Deskstar 30 Gig on Secondary Master with this Linux HD, a Maxtor 20, on > Secondary Slave. I did this because I originally wasn't able to get either > the IBM HD or the CD drive (I can't remember which, it was over a year ago) > to run right in the more normal configuration of Primary=HD / Secondary=CD. I > know much more about PC hardware stuff now, so I'm thinking about popping the > lid and switching the hard drives over to Primary and the CD-RW to Secondary. > I have to change the floppy cable anyway, so this would be a good time to do > it. My question is: > > Is there any risk involved in switching these IDE/ATAPI drives around? Could > I lose or damage data? Will my Linux bootloader be looking on the Secondary > Slave controller for the hard drive when I try to go to Linux? > > If there's anything I should worry about, please let me know. > > Thanks, > Isaac > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
In itself there should be no problems but and it's a BIG BUT Your Linux is on /dev/hdd and the boot-loader is on /dev/hdc I am not sure what will happen as far as the loader is concerned it may load anyway. Problem is it will look on /dev/hdd for Linux and you will have moved it to /dev/hdb so, even if the loader does start up it won't find Linux. I am fairly sure you could edit some files, probably /etc/fstab and also /etc/lilo.conf amd run /sbin/lilo BEFORE you change over the connector. >>>>>>>> WARNING THIS MAY NOT BE ALL YOU NEED TO DO <<<<<<<<<<<<<< hth, norm -- http://www.nelliott.co.uk registered Linux user 277766
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