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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?

That's right; it's no problem. Assuming the root partition on the second drive
shows up as /dev/hdb1, and the floppy with the kernel is at /dev/fd0, you
can use the command "rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hdb1" to set the root partition
the floopy will boot up with.
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