Right now I've got my HP 9100 CD-RW plugged into Primary Master, Windows IBM Deskstar 30 Gig on Secondary Master with this Linux HD, a Maxtor 20, on Secondary Slave. I did this because I originally wasn't able to get either the IBM HD or the CD drive (I can't remember which, it was over a year ago) to run right in the more normal configuration of Primary=HD / Secondary=CD. I know much more about PC hardware stuff now, so I'm thinking about popping the lid and switching the hard drives over to Primary and the CD-RW to Secondary. I have to change the floppy cable anyway, so this would be a good time to do it. My question is:
Is there any risk involved in switching these IDE/ATAPI drives around? Could I lose or damage data? Will my Linux bootloader be looking on the Secondary Slave controller for the hard drive when I try to go to Linux? If there's anything I should worry about, please let me know. Thanks, Isaac
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