Quick question on configuring a dual boot with w2k

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Tue Jan 27 15:18:01 UTC 2004


On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Sarah Fish wrote:

> I have decided that I do not have time to continue the samba fight to
> get my linux box and my w2k box talking. I've only got 2
> can't-live-without CAD packages that I haven't managed to get to run
> with wine (working on it).
>
> I previously had a dual boot system up with 1 hard drive so I know that
> with that setup W2k needs to be first on the drive. However, what I want
> to do now is just move the HD from the w2k box onto my linux box and use
> both drives.
>
> So, the question is which HD needs to be C drive? Or does it matter?

I think the Win2k drive wants to be first, but Grub can be configured to
swap drives logically before booting (see "info grub").

>
> Thanks,
> Sarah Fish
> Saratoga Springs, NY
>
>
>

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