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by Me » Mon, 17 Jun 1996 04:00:00

As subject, can linux boot from 2nd EIDE harddisk ? I think the 1024
cylinders barrier is not a issue here since the Eide, but boot from 2nd
EIDE (slave) -- either thru NT loader or lilo, can it be done ?
At least NT won't boot from 2nd drive.

Any help appreciated !

by **Xiaoning Wa** » Tue, 18 Jun 1996 04:00:00

AS Subject, can linux boot from 2nd EIDE harddisk ? I think the 1024
cylinders barrier is not a issue here since the Eide, but boot from 2nd
EIDE (slave) -- either thru NT loader or lilo, can it be done ?
At least NT won't boot from 2nd drive.

Any help appreciated !

by **Scott Kriefa** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>AS Subject, can linux boot from 2nd EIDE harddisk ? I think the 1024
>cylinders barrier is not a issue here since the Eide, but boot from 2nd
>EIDE (slave) -- either thru NT loader or lilo, can it be done ?
>At least NT won't boot from 2nd drive.

Yes, Linux can be loaded from your 2nd hard disk. You need to have some
type of boot selector installed on the first disk that will allow you to
choose which O/S to boot. This could be LILO, OS/2 Boot Manager, or
System Commander. I've even loaded Linux from a *third* IDE drive in the
past.

And I'd be very surprised if NT couldn't load from a 2nd drive in the same
manner. I've seen references to people having done exactly that.

Scott

by **Timothy C Hagm** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

: AS Subject, can linux boot from 2nd EIDE harddisk ? I think the 1024
: cylinders barrier is not a issue here since the Eide, but boot from 2nd

EIDE does not in and of itself save you from the infamous BIOS 1024
cylinders restriction; LBA does, by converting some of those "extra"
cylinders into "extra" heads/sides. However, most new BIOSes support
LBA, and most newer drives (EIDE) support LBA at some level, so this all
can be quite academic...

If you're using LBA on your hard disk, remember to check out the "linear"
option in your lilo configuration.

Me, clear as mud today.
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by **Xiaoning Wa** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

: And I'd be very surprised if NT couldn't load from a 2nd drive in the same
: manner. I've seen references to people having done exactly that.

I don't think NT will boot from 2nd Eide.
Check http://198.105.232.7/support/products/backoffice/winnt/content/
nttroubleshoot/setup/P1R4.htm at Microsoft.

by **bill davids** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

| As subject, can linux boot from 2nd EIDE harddisk ? I think the 1024
| cylinders barrier is not a issue here since the Eide, but boot from 2nd
| EIDE (slave) -- either thru NT loader or lilo, can it be done ?
| At least NT won't boot from 2nd drive.
|
| Any help appreciated !

You can have a Linux partition on disk 2, but the LILO must be on
the boot sector of the 1st drive, due to the way the BIOS works. I
run an old Slackware on mt 1st drive, and have SW3.0 and RedHat303
on the 2nd, both bootable.
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by **Doug DeJul** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>You can have a Linux partition on disk 2, but the LILO must be on
>the boot sector of the 1st drive, due to the way the BIOS works.

Sort-of. You can also put it on a floppy, if you want to leave disk 1
entirely alone.
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by **Scott Kriefa** » Thu, 20 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>: And I'd be very surprised if NT couldn't load from a 2nd drive in the same
>: manner. I've seen references to people having done exactly that.

>I don't think NT will boot from 2nd Eide.
>Check http://198.105.232.7/support/products/backoffice/winnt/content/
>nttroubleshoot/setup/P1R4.htm at Microsoft.

Must be OS/2 that I was thinking of, then.

Scott

by **Emmanuel Dura** » Fri, 21 Jun 1996 04:00:00

You can easily boot on a second hard disk with LILO, you just have to
specify in /etc/lilo.conf on which hard disk you want to boot...

by **Sid Lipk** » Sat, 22 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>: And I'd be very surprised if NT couldn't load from a 2nd drive in the same
>: manner. I've seen references to people having done exactly that.

>I don't think NT will boot from 2nd Eide.
>Check http://198.105.232.7/support/products/backoffice/winnt/content/
>nttroubleshoot/setup/P1R4.htm at Microsoft.

im booting NT.4.0 off a second eide drive with os/2 boot manager(in the mbr)
its win95 that cant do it......

sid

by **John Griswol** » Sat, 22 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Quote:> You can easily boot on a second hard disk with LILO, you just have to
> specify in /etc/lilo.conf on which hard disk you want to boot...

A further question: I want to boot Win'95 as primary (the default choice
for my wife...) and Linux as secondary. I attempted to do this by
selecting a clean Lilo config, and setting the /dev/hda as "DOS", and
/dev/hdc1 as "LINUX". I got L101010101....... on the display. Should I
rearrange my drives so that the second HD is at /dev/hdb ?

TIA.
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