Re: Linux Box? Swap Drives!

Another method to control boot with multiple drives is to turn the different
drives on and off by setting the system BIOS to not installed when you don't
want a drive to boot. The most common boot order is IDE Channel 1 primary
then IDE Channel 2 primary.

Also, you can put your Linux drive as Primary Channel 1 and have your
DOS/Win9x drive as either a secondary on channel 1 or either position on
Channel 2 (remembering that you can't have a secondary without a primary and
that you have to set the drive jumpers appropriately) and then when you do
your Linux install you will get you non-Linux OS as a boot option in LILO.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> From: Roger Brower <rbrower@...>
>
> For someone who wants to keep their Win95/DOS drives undisturbed, I
> suggest mounting your boot drive in a removable carrier (~$15 from
> Computergate.com). Get two trays, and an new blank hard drive for
> linux. A third drive permanently mounted can serve for data swaps
> between OS's. I use this technique with Win NT, 95, 3.1 and dos. The
> computer simply boots up with whatever personality is plugged in, all on
> the same box, with no configuration conflicts.
>
> And thanks for the mention of Redhat 5.2 in Linux for Dummies book.
> Maybe I can find a copy. I'm 5 hours from the nearest "Best Buy"!