On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 18:35 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings, here comes YARADD (Yet Another Rant About Disk Druid) or > whatever that beast is called now. > > Howinhell do I use it to do absolutely nothing more to /dev/hdb, which I > have already partitioned the way *I* want it, based on the useage > pattern I already have on /dev/hda, but to simply remember the mount > points name for the construction of /etc/fstab? > > I want to do an install onto /dev/hdb, and when its done, just move the > stuff in /dev/hdb1 (/boot) over to /dev/hda1(/boot) edit the grub.conf > and do a dual boot setup. Or maybe even just edit the entries in > grub.conf to point at (hd1:0) for the rest of the FC5 boot. > > >From the text screen this so-called disk configurator makes it rather > hard to assure one that its dealing with the partition you selected > from the list as anytime you press ok, /dev/hda comes back up > highlighted. Thats damned poor form IMO, it should revert to > highlighting the partition being addresssed at the moment. > > So how can I bypass this "thing from hell" and get to actually doing the > install, and do it where I want it? ---- I am confused just trying to read what you are talking about but I am gathering that you don't know what you are doing and will put yourself in a world of hurt here since it may very well try to 'label' the partitions with labels that are already available on /dev/hda Suggestion...don't be lazy. Disconnect /dev/hda and plug the drive you want to install into master and complete the install, then switch them back, boot from /dev/hda and then fix grub the way you want Craig
