----- Original Message ----- From: "Isaac Curtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:21 AM Subject: [newbie] Can I switch my IDE controllers?
> 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 ############################################################# yes, you can do it, but it will require that you fiddle with your /etc/fstab file. you will have to change the drive assignments.. as example, /dev/hda would become /dev/hdc /dev/hdb would become /dev/hdd and so on. if you don't tell linux whats on each drive correctly, it won't boot... in my case, I swapped them over, (the drives) then booted from my CD and went into rescue mode and fixed fstab but you could probably just edit fstab, then shutdown and swap the drives.. you'll get it sorted easily enough. good luck. rgds Franki
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