"Bernie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That would be an option that I haven't thought of, but I'm not so sure all
> OS would like it does anyone know? (And how much does such a card cost
> anyway? - they are all on the m/b these days).
You know, it didn't hit me when I first read your message, but it doesn't
sound like you need to run all of those OSen _simultaneously_. I too
frequently tinker with a variety of different flavors of OS. One of the best
investments I made recently was sticking a $20US removable IDE drive bay in
my "lab rat" computer. Additional drive docks are $10US apiece. This way, I
can simply set every old IDE drive in my inventory to master-single-drive
configuration and swap-and-go without any headaches regarding jumper
settings, IRQs & I/O ports, case size, power supply capacity or any of the
other wonderful issues that involve opening up the case and scraping one's
knuckles.
It also eliminates the problems of getting a system to dual/multi-boot and
different OS installations insisting on installing THEIR boot loader over
the one I prefer.
So far, I'm out $50 (in $10 increments over the course of several months)
and I only have to reset my BIOS to whatever drive I've installed for a
particular session. I've found it saves a LOT of time and hassles. So far,
I've installed Debian, Turbo, RedHat and Corel Linux, as well as an
impromptu installation of NT to support a project at work. I can quickly get
back to any particular install with power down, swap and restart. I'm
considering putting such a bay in EVERY system to simplify future upgrades
and changes.
Even if you really, really need a couple of partition types at hand, two
bays would let you set both drives to master-single-drive config. Sure a lot
simpler if any of these OSen require any devices BESIDES hard drives!
Just a thought! Have fun.
- Bob
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