Installing Linux on a second drive. (Was: [LBo] Opening > su)

[Jisao]

Anita Lewis wrote:
> Inade wrote:
>
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>> Yes, you can install Linux on another drive than Windows.  It will be 
>> hdb.  hda is the first (master) drive, hdb is the second (slave) 
>> drive, hdc would be a third drive.  BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU TYPE THE NAMES.
>>
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> This is most likely true, because the cdrom is usually installed on 
> the second ide as master.  But it is not always true.  I've had my 
> cdrom installed on primary ide as slave which makes it hdb (as you 
> said above--hdb is the second (slave) drive)  So it is possible that 
> the second hard drive would not be hdb.  I know this is probably 
> useless information, but it is something to be aware of as a possibility.
>
> Anita
>
You are right, Anita, about that.

To get into hardware, it is better to keep hard drives in one ide, and 
cdrom in another ide.  Or in the case of one hard drive, to put the hard 
drive in the primary ide and the cdrom in the secondary ide.  Putting a 
hard drive and a cdrom drive in the same ide slows down the transfer 
rate of the hard drive to the level of the cdrom drive.  As a hard drive 
is way faster than a cdrom, you lose speed if you put them on the same 
ide. 

But, people set things in different ways.  Good point, Anita.

Jisao

But of course