On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:03:53 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote > Preston Crawford wrote: > >>Since it's unlikely you will be installing .NET on a non-XP system the gymnastics > >>of mapping the drives shouln't be needed. I currently run a dual boot system with > >>WindowsXP running on the secondary drive. Works fine. > >> > >>John V. Pope > > > > > > Why do you say that? Win2k runs it fine, right? I'd prefer 2K, personally. > > > > Also, what do you guys think about those drive bay cases that let you remove hard drives by pulling them out by a handle after enclosing the drives in a case? Thus, switching back and forth between primary drives manually. Are these a bad idea? i.e. Are they hard on the hardware? > > Personally, I don't care for them. IDE is not designed for hot swap > (neither is SCSI, really, unless you have the special drives) and if > the drawer is just a little loose and the drive disconnects when > powered up, you can fry your motherboard. I'm quite dubious of them. I use tons of them all over the place. Never had a problem unless a too macho guy got a little carried away with insertion/removal (the keys and plastic can be broken with effort). However, I NEVER do a hot swap hence never have the fry the motherboard issue. I have been using them for at least 5 years on around 100 different machines. They allow me to have my graduate students build their own client/server setups without having to have a dedicated pair of machine for each team. They use whatever pair is available when they come into the lab. I also use them to ghost my critical linux/windows machine onto clone hard disks for quick diaster recovery backup. > > I understand the simplicity of swapping drives out to run different > OSes, but I've seen too many of those beasties fry systems or drives > to trust them. Your mileage may vary, however, and the really well made > drive drawer systems can be useful, but you have been warned. I understand your concern, just expressing my experience with them. BTW, how did you setup your grub to boot to the secondary hard drive to start windows?
