Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:57:15 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Mark J Tomko <mtomko@prime.cs.ohiou.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two hard drives, adding OS's Message-ID: <97350.952455435@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Mar 2000 11:01:00 EST." <20000307110100.A371@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 11:01:00 EST, Mark J Tomko wrote: > I have an existing hard drive which is the primary master drive. My > ATAPI CDROM is currently my secondary master drive. Because I need to > be able to boot off of the new hard drive, does it have to be a master > drive? How should I arrange them? The new drive does not have to be primary master, but you'll need a FreeBSD-aware boot manager on the primary master. As an aside, I'd recommend making your ATAPI CDROM drive the primary slave. Many folks report problems with ATAPI CDROMs configured on the secondary channel. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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