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Booting Linux on second hardrive



>I just added another hardrive to my system and would like to install and
>boot Linux from my second harddrive, which, in this case, is the slave
>drive. If I create a boot floppy, I should be able to do this, no problem,
>right?

You shouldn't have any problems.  If you want to boot with a floppy, you
have two options:

1.  copy the kernel to the floppy and make sure to rdev your kernel to the
correct partition on your second harddisk
2.  install LILO on the floppy

I have a similar setup to yours, and I put LILO on the MBR of the first
harddisk.  This LILO allows me to start up the OS/2 Warp Boot Manager on
the first harddisk, or the Linux partitions on the second harddisk.  I also
put an identical LILO on a floppy just in case the MBR gets trashed.

-- Bosco
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