On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:27:32 +0000, imotgm wrote:

As an afterthought, I'd also recommend installing the 80GB drive as the
first drive, /dev/hda, and moving the Windows drive to /dev/hdb, or
/dev/hdc. That way, grub is installed on the Linux drive's MBR, and any
reinstall or repair of Windows will not overwrite grub.

To do the above, first remove the 80GB drive, and from the windows install
cd, enter a console, and enter;

fixmbr <Enter>

then reboot, to make sure Windows boots normally.

Shut down, and make sure the 80GB drive is jumpered to master, and that
the Windows disk is jumpered to slave, if it is to be attached to the same
cable as the 80GB disk. Reconnect the drives, and then start the Linux
installation.

When the installation of Linux is complete, and you can boot to it, as
root, edit /boot/grub/grub.conf so the Windows stanza looks like;

title windows
root (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

if the grub installation didn't already.

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imotgm