Re: [SLUG] configuring dual boot system

[bill <billb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check your PC's bios to determine whether it will boot from the 2nd (or 3rd 
or 4th) hard disk. If  the PC has a fairly recent motherboard it should do 
this.

Make your linux hard disk the Primary Master (hda in linux speak/C: in 
windows speak/ hd0 in Bios speak). Install only linux on this drive, 
partitioned as you wish.
Make your windows drive the Primary Slave (don't forget to change the 
drive's jumper).

Linux can then install Lilo or Grub boot manager on the 1st hard drives 
boot manager, and can be updated to include the booting of windows.

If anything goes wrong, your Windows drive will not have been touched by 
linux, and you can set the PC's bios to boot the second (windows) drive. 
Also, even if the system is set to boot from the 1st drive, you can just 
disconnect it's power cable and the PC should boot the next available 
drive. Windows always sees the first available drive as C:, no matter 
whether its the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th drive - at least as far as Win 98 is 
concerned - WinXP is a different kettle of fish.

This has worked for me on several PCs, andnone of them have motherboards 
less than 2 years old

Hope this helps.

Bill