[KLUG Members] Dual boot problem on home computer
MPs
members@kalamazoolinux.org
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:55:34 -0400 (EDT)
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> > loaded, the response time was normal, but 14 hours is a bit long to wait,
> > even for a Redmond product. So, reluctantly, I had to put the original drive
> > back in as the boot drive on the primary IDE controller.
>
> Yep, that legacy OS *MUST* be on the primary drive of the first
> channel. Period. Thats the way it works. I'm mildly impressed that it
> booted at all.
Interesting, considering that Dell shipped my laptop with said legacy OS on
the secondary master and a DVD on the primary. Consider my supprise when
fdisk told me /that/ bit.
--Miles P