On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 ckotting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I'm a relative newbie, but here's what I did that seemed to > work thus far (using two IDE drives): > > Start with two hard drives installed as master/slave: > - Install FC1 normally, but: > adjust the partitioning so nothing is on the slave > (this > should be hdb and I'll assume it is for the rest of the > discussion) but free space. > - Remove the master (hda) and install the previous slave > (hdb) > as master. Reboot and adjust the CMOS settings. > - Install FC1 (here you could exclude the bootloader unless > you think you might want to swap hdb and hdb at some > point) > - Renstall the two HDs as master/slave. Reboot and adjust > the > CMOS settings again. > The initial master is back to being master, the initial > slave is back to being slave. (Don't forget the change > the > jumper on hdb!) > - Reboot and edit grub.conf to recognize the installation > on > the 2nd drive (which should be /dev/hdb) > > If you want the two installations to be able ot read and > write to each other, it's a simple bit of editing > /etc/fstab. > > There's probably a better/easier way, but thus far, this > seems to be working. Just for the record, you are making this waaaaay too hard. Simply tell disk druid to install to either hda OR hdb. It can all be done from anaconda. Once the install modify the grub.conf to boot from either disk and all will be well. The days of having to swap disks to get an install where you want it are long gone. Of course you can do it that way if you wish but it is not necessary. HTH, .............Tom
