On Friday 12 September 2003 03:37, Pigeon wrote: > > > > Don't despair, GRUB is perfectly capable of _hiding_ specific > > > partitions in the bootprocess, and many(?) BIOSses allow to swap the > > > order of drives. > > > > Or I can just physically swap them over. My machine usually has its > > covers off... > > ...but if you do this too often, you'll get weak contact springs in > the connector and possibly broken strands in the cable adjacent to the > connector if your connectors don't have those useful finger loops on > them. Hence really annoying intermittent faults.
Yes, I agree, swapping drives is best reserved for installs or changes in system configuration, not just booting into a different OS. Even though I do also have a box full of spare HD cables. :) cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
