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Re: newbie question concerning linux install



On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 09:06:59AM -0700, Richard Swen wrote: 

> I can complete every thing but make the drive bootable.
> When I try to make the hard drive bootable, it seem
> like the CDROM is detected as having the MBR.  I may 
> be mistaken on the device names but here is what I 
> remember.
> 
> CDROM      hda
> ZIP Drive  hdb
> Hard Drive hde

The primary master (hda) should alwyas be a HD. The MBR is defined as
being the bootsector of the first partition on the first drive. If
this is a CDROM then the MBR is not writeable. 
You change your setting and edit /etc/fstab.
Phil



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