Fedora vs. Ubuntu (hijacked: can I dual boot FC and Kubuntu?)

[Claude Jones]

On Friday September 22 2006 8:52 am, Joel Rees wrote:
> I don't like the idea, because I am aware that many ATA controllers  
> can't seem to keep master and slave out of each other's hair.

I have to ask - several times in this post you allude to master/slave issues. 
What are you talking about? I have been building my own machines since 1989, 
and I've managed hundreds in my work. Nearly all the machines I've worked on 
had dual drives with master/slave configurations - I use computers in pretty 
stressful environments such as video and audio editing workstations a lot. 
Yet, in all that time, with all those machines, I've never encountered 
problems with drive conflicts, except ones I've caused myself due to improper 
jumpering. For the second time in a month on this list, someone has alluded 
to such problems but with no details. What sorts of problems have you had? I 
would like to know in case I encounter such in the future.
-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA