Re: Dual boot question

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From: Bit Twister
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:38

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On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:08:35 -0600, Arnie Owen wrote:

> If I install a small (130Mb) 2nd Hard drive to my system, can I then get
> a Linux installation to use this to boot from but put all the rest of
> the installation onto partitions on my 20GB drive ???

Your question is kinda vague with me knowing what I know.
lilo boots from the mbr or diskette.
If you want a lilo mbr boot from 2nd hard drive, your bios would have
a boot order selection for D.

Is the 20g drive scsi? If pc is only a year or so old, lilo should
be able to get to linus on the 20g.

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