On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 09:41:48AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > I am running etch in a machine with two HDs. Etch is running in the > master HD (hdc), the second HD (hdd), the slave, is empty. In the second > hd (hdd) I need to install windows xp. I wonder how to do that in order > to get a dual boot system, managed by grub. The bios let me define the > HD from which the system boots. Now the bios is configured to boot from > hdc, where etch (and grub) resides: hdc-hdd. Due that during the install > of xp the system re-boots several times from the HD, I wonder if I can > install xp on hdd simply inverting the boot sequence: hdd-hdc, and, > after the installation of xp, inverting the sequence again: hdc-hdd, in > order to boot with grub. > > If it is possible, I guess I still need to tell grub that there is > another OS in the system. How can I do that? >
I thought that windows was a megalomaniac and would only work from the first hard drive of the first controller (hda). Don't know for sure since I haven't used Windows since 3.1. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
