On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 02:08:10 -0600, Jonathan Berry <berryja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 12:20:08 +1100, zomorf <zomorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > If you have this kinda setup and have a little patience in helping one, > > one would be greatful... > > > > I have 2 HD's 80g for xp and 40g for fedora... don't care which or will > > have fedora or xp so if it's easier too have fedora on hda and xp on hdb > > then so be it... But if anyone can help that'd be great... have tried > > almost every combination but for some reason can't get both too > > recognise one way or the other... > > > > Lata, > > zomorf > > Hi zomorf, > I recommend having the XP disk being the primary mastor (that is, > hda). As Kristian said, it is probably good to have the Fedora disk > to be hdc, but it can also be hdb. Since each will hold a seperate > operating system (neither of which can see the other (well Fedora can > see XP with a module)), I don't think it should matter. Make sure you > have the jumpers set right. Example: XP -> hda and FC -> hdc, both > drives should be set to master (or single if there is no CD (or DVD, > etc) drive connected. XP -> hda FC -> hdb, hda should be set to > master (with slave, ie not single), and hdb as slave. I would not > recommend using Cable Select (CS). It can be confusing and if you > don't plan on moving the drives, I don't see the point. > Be sure to install XP first, as this will make things easier. You can > do it the other way, but save yourself the trouble if you have a > choice. Install GRUB to the MBR of the hda disk. > What trouble are you having? Are these normal IDE disks or SATA? If > nothing above works, give us some specific details and maybe we can > help further. > > Jonathan > Create a FAT32 partition on one of the drives so that you can share data. -- Kam
