[KLUG Members] Dual boot problem on home computer

[Robert G. Brown]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:55:34 -0400, MPs wrote:

Adam Williams had said...
>> 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.
This restriction was removed a long time ago (like in the NT days), but that 
development has been very well hidden.

>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.
Yes, I think it was only made visible (to other than bookworms) with the 
advent of more recent OS'es..

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