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Thanks Wntellect, that would mean that 2K must do it as 2K has to be installed before XP and is on the first drive - disc 0.

For a multi-boot setup (win2K, XP & SuSE) over 3 drives, where should Boot Magic be installed to? And does it matter which o/s installs it?

Thank you guys, I have resurrected my first machine and am loathe to put any windows on it. With a bit of luck it will soon join its bigger penguined brother.

Can anyone tell me the minimum ram requirements for suse 6.1 & mdk9 please? Will they accept edo ram?

Hi all,
I have my hardware configured a little differently, but I still get:
CMD680: chipset revision 1
CMD680: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide2: BM-DMA at Oxc807-0xc807,...

Hi Ralph,
As soon as I can get my hands on a copy I'll try RedHat. I've been mix'n'matching bits between three boxes all day and no matter which motherboard I tried it with, I couldn't get my copy...

Hi s_water,
It may pay to check out your hardware on a compatibility chart, too. Just type 'hardware compatibility' in a search engine and follow the thread for version specific checks. Do you...

Hi Neo,
Thanks for the response. The Penguin bit me today. I still can't get Mandrake 9 to recognise/partition my 80, it will go on an old 20 though - like a dream. 7.2 will go where 9 will not....

Hi all,
Thanks to Merlin & Djtrippin for comments in another thread.

Does anyone know of any issues with harddrive size and Mandrake 9.0? I have installed Mandrake (like a dream) on a 10gb...

Hi all,
I've managed to get Mandrake 9 installed by disconnecting my 2 windows' drives. When I reconnect them Mandrake wants to take over. I figure it's time for the BootManager, or should I use a...

Hi all,
I'm trying to get Mandrake 9.0, XP & 2K happening on the same machine. I've been reading about osl 2000 (bootmanager) and it says I should convert my Windows (currently ntfs) to fat 32 "if...

Hi Hachik,
Yeah, I see it with 2K & XP. I partitioned it into 2 x 37GB dynamic partitions but Mandrake 7.2 & 9.0 only see hda (2K's disc) and hdb (XP's disk). hda & hdb are both basic so I changed...

Hi all,
I purchased a pci controller card and a 3rd hard drive to put Linux on my machine. The card did not enable me to boot to the 3rd drive so I could not get Mandrake to install. My...

Hi LivinFree,
I've redone a hardware check and all is working ok, or that's what the box says. All drives are set to master as it's set up to multiboot with the windows' drives connected normally...

Hi Icfoo,
The problem I'm having is: Mandrake 7.2 is recognising hda (where I have 2K installed) and hdb (where I have XP installed); but I have fitted another hard drive for Linux to inhabit and...

Hi Wintellect,
I think the jumper settings are correct. All drives are set to master as its setup for multiboot. I finally got the boot floppy sorted and written but that method would not work...

I have tried to make a boot floppy (using both XP and 2K) and get 'error 3'. When I try to boot from CD I get a choice of hda or hdb. I want hdc. How do I get Mandrake to recognize hdc? (Can I do...

Hi Hachik,
Thanks for the response. I started running Mandrake (booting from CD) but it recognized the size and serial numbers of my C & D drives only, not the hard drive I fitted to put the...

Hi all,
I'm waiting (impatiently) for the Mandrake 9.0 CD's to arrive. I have scored Man 7.2 and wish to meet the Penguin straight away. So, I changed my BIOS to boot from CD and got underway but...

Bcl,
Excellent article! I'll order 'pizza and make my favourite [non] caffeinated beverage' (vodka) and read again. Thank you.

Regards

Hi again people,
I certainly appreciate the comments this thread has generated. I understand most of the Raid levels. Initially I was going to go with level 5 as it provides the best security...

I use multi booting because its impracticle (and expensive) to have a multitude of boxes, yet I need to remain compatible with work committments. I want to explore and learn Linux (and other) o/s's,...

Thanks for you thoughts Auswipe,
I hadn't considered the 'suicide' nature of Raid 0. At one stage I was heading toward level 5, but then I discovered Linux and bought an 80 (instead of another 60)...

Hi Auswipe,
Thanks for your comment. I take it you feel I'd be better just to let Mandrake partition my 80 for itself and Red Hat - around 37 GB each?

Hi all,
I'm about to reconfigure my system with Raid Level 0. I haven't been able to find out much about Raid and Linux through searching. I'll be multi-booting with Win 2K, XP, Mandrake 9 and...