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dual booting XP & Linux from 2 hds
Name: ladymsdre Date: September 27, 2003 at 09:22:36 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: athlon2000/320
Comment:
I have two hard drives installed. The main C drive is running WinXP. The second D is just basically a dormant storage. I want to install Linux on the D drive with an option of which drive to boot to when the computer boots? 1. I don't understand how to boot to the D drive to install Linux. 2. How should it be configured to offer an option whether to boot to the WinXp or the Linux drive? I have the setup software for Linux but I'm afraid it's only going to cover setting up the 2OS's on one drive. Please assist. I am a novice in this area so any suggestions you make must be in beginning computing language
Name: flywheel Date: September 28, 2003 at 20:01:06 Pacific
Reply:
search techtv. they have an article on making a hard drive switcher. you can also buy them premade. do a google search and you will find them. good luck with your project.
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