On Tuesday 20 August 2002 21:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Isaac Curtis wrote: > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > In itself there should be no problems but and it's a BIG BUT > Your Linux is on /dev/hdd and the boot-loader is on /dev/hdc > I am not sure what will happen as far as the loader is concerned > it may load anyway. Problem is it will look on /dev/hdd for Linux > and you will have moved it to /dev/hdb so, even if the loader does > start up it won't find Linux. > I am fairly sure you could edit some files, probably > /etc/fstab and also /etc/lilo.conf amd run /sbin/lilo > BEFORE you change over the connector. > > >>>>>>>> WARNING THIS MAY NOT BE ALL YOU NEED TO DO <<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > hth, > norm
Alright, In the worst case scenario (nothing boots) could I simply plug the controllers back where they were and have everything be fine and dandy again? Isaac
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