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dual boot_ide

mwrf · 2006-03-28 11:53:38

hi guys, can i set up an xp/linux dual boot where they reside on different hard drives but on different ide channels. i.e. xp on ide0 and linux on ide1 or does on have to be on a slave drive of the other? thanks

28-03-2006 11:53am

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mwrf

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hi guys,
can i set up an xp/linux dual boot where they reside on different hard drives
but on different ide channels. i.e. xp on ide0 and linux on ide1 or does on have to be on a slave drive of the other?

thanks

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#2 28-03-2006 12:38pm

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Yeah, no problem. AFAIK, Windoze has some limitations in this area - has to be channel 1 master, I think - but Linux doesn't.

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#3 28-03-2006 12:51pm

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so grub will be able to find both os's no matter where they are?

gonna do it now. cheers

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#4 28-03-2006 1:48pm

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it works fine, thanks

(ehad linux install)

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