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Thread ID: 16118	2002-02-27 00:10:00	Multiple Hard Drive Installation	Guest (0)	Press F1

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37239	2002-02-27 00:10:00	If I decide to install two hard drives, one on master, and the other on slave on the primary ide cable, and install an operating system on each (all is well with partioning and formatting), then how can i select which drive to boot from when the pc is turned on? Is this a bios setting, or will the bios always boot from the MASTER drive?	Guest (0)
37240	2002-02-27 00:59:00	The computer will boot from the master drive. Different operating systems handle multibooting in different ways: Linux uses LILO or grub; Windows versions which allow it do it their way. There are commercial programmes which do it. There are probably some free- and share-ware ones too. Tell us the operating systems you want to use, and the answers will pour in ...	Guest (0)
37241	2002-02-27 02:46:00	It depends on your BIOS. Some BIOSs do allow you to choose the order in which boot disk is found. Have a look next time you boot and see if there are any settings that allow you to either select: Prefrred boot drive or Boot drive search order Some only allow A: and C; for latter jt	Guest (0)
37242	2002-02-27 23:53:00	Ok, thanks Graham for that comment. Looking at installing win 2000 on the 20 gig drive, and win 98 (already on the 10 gig), - if i do place the wn2000 drive on master, and the win98 on slave, then I understand that win2000 will detect this and pause the boot sequence to allow you to choose which drive to boot from. Is this correct? Otherwise, perhaps I will need to get a software for multibooting. cheers	Guest (0)
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