Re: Need lilo help - won't boot Win2k
On Tue 10 Aug 04, 8:22 PM, P V Mathew <pvmathew@softhome.net> said:
> Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a triple boot system with three drives:
> >
> > * /dev/hda - 80 GB PATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hda5)
> > * /dev/hde - 250 GB SATA drive with Win2k (root is /dev/hde1)
> > * /dev/hdg - 200 GB SATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hdg6)
> >
> >
> >
> I am not sure of this, but can windows boot from something other than than
> the first partition of the first hard drive?
>
> p v mathew
I've heard this too, but I don't really know what it means (or whether
it's even true).
For instance, on a system with SCSI and PATA, how do you define first
drive?
Or in my case, a system with PATA and SATA, how do you define the first
drive? Linux assigns drive letters like a, e, and g for convenience,
but the PATA and SATA drives are on different buses, so in what sense is
one "first"?
But I've always heard this. I would like to know whether it's true once
and for all, and what "first drive" means in that context. It would
REALLY be nice if MS Windows printed something like:
"I'm sorry, but I can't boot because you didn't make the drive that
I live on the primary master"
or something! :-)
Pete
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