Fw: [plug] Hard Drives

[Daniel Pearson]

Is anyone sure about this? I'm going to put Linux on my slave, which I am
hoping to put in this weekend.. Can I set up LILO on my win HDD?

Cheers
Daniel Pearson
----- Original Message -----
From: Shackleton, Kevin <kshackleton at agric.wa.gov.au>
To: 'Daniel Pearson' <abandonware at iname.com>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 9:33 AM
Subject: RE: [plug] Hard Drives


> Yep, to find out how try looking up the Maxtor web site and look up the
> particular model to read the details.  There's probably a faq about
changing
> jumpers too.  You normally move one jumper to select between Master, Slave
> and Cable Select.  You'll never use the last option.  Sometimes you have
to
> choose between "Master, No Slave" and "Master, Slave present", though most
> drives don't have this - they don't care if a slave is there or not.
Don't
> forget to look at your other hdd - it might be set to "Master, No Slave",
in
> which case you're not going to achieve much with the slave until you
change
> it.
>
> You need to work out how you want to lay out the system.  You most likely
> want to use LILO to manage the boot up, then select Linux or dos (Windows)
> from LILO.  Normally you install LILO in the boot sector of hda - the
master
> drive.  This would mean hacking your Windows drive.  Not the end of the
> world, but you might not want to do that.
>
> If instead you put the Maxtor in as master (or initially the only drive)
you
> would just be able to cruise through the setup without trashing anything
in
> your Windows drive.
>
> I'd try to go along to a PLUG meeting and talk to some of the guys there
who
> have done this a few times before.  I suppose you'll get both opinions!
>
> Cheers,
>
> K.
>