[Tfug] Dual booting w/ Raid 0

Jon tfug@tfug.org
Tue Jan 28 17:43:01 2003


Thanks for the info Anthony.

Jon

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Anthony Steckman wrote:

>
>
> On the TCS machine, Mandrake Linux installed the boot loader on the IDE
> drive (a local storage drive) rather than on the Raid drive (removeable
> Linux hard drive). I haven't taken the time to research it much, but it
> worked fine to leave Lilo on the IDE drive though it did call for an
> adjustment to the BIOS settings (we've since begun using a boot floppy
> to avoid confusion for other TCS groups that use a Windows XP drive in
> the removeable bay).
>
>
> + I'm probably responding to some of what was said below:
>
> . Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:00:31 -0700 (MST)
> . Subject: [Tfug] Dual booting w/ Raid 0
> . From: Jon <bigj@tfug.org>
> . Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
> . To: tfug@tfug.org
> .
> . Got a question about dual booting. Here goes:
> .
> . I have WinXP on 2x60Gb drives, Raid 0. I have one additional 20Gb disk I'd
> . like to put Linux on. Now from what I've been reading it appears I might
> . destroy my WinXP setup if I do a normal install and put the boot loader on
> . the mbr of the Raid.
> .
> . If this is correct then how do I go about installing and using both OS's.
> . Thanks.
> .
> . Jon
> .
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