Re: [newbie] New install on second hd -- advice please.

[Darcy & Emily Baston]

I dedicated Mandrake to the second hard disk all to itself, and partitioned that same dedicated hard drive into 2 parts, for Linux and swap respectively. Use the DiskDruid software that's available during the installation and it works perfectly. Well, did for me anyway! LILO puts its info in the boot record of your choice (1st or second HD)   Darcy. ----- Original Message ----- From: DKunz To: newbie Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:46 AM Subject: [newbie] New install on second hd -- advice please. Hello, I am trying to install MDK 6.0 on second hard drive. It is a Western Digital 6.4 Gig hd. The first hard drive is a Maxtor 4.2 Gig. Does part of MDK 6.0 have to be on first drive? I have Partion Magic 4.01 so moving partions around is easy enough, it also comes with BootMagic. I could use BootMagic or LILO as OS loader. Currently have 1st drive partioned c: and d: with Win98. I have second drive as one partion as yet I will make at least these partions / , /home , and /swap. Any others I should make? Which partion set as active? Primary or logical? If there is a How to could someone point me the way?   Any advice greatly appreciated.   TIA dkunz