OS and HD enqury :)

[singa]

I m running a hd on win98.
I m thinking of getting another and install another diff OS.
Nono, I m not dual booting . Just switch between them when I do my work.
Meaning, when running HD1, HD2 will not be working.
and like wise when HD2 is in use.

Is this possible ? they are on same IDE channel eh?
Can i boot up using each of them seperately?

 

[Shmorq]

The only way to do this that I can think of is to go into the BIOS everytime you bootup and disable one or the other hard drive depending on which one you wanna use.

And yes, it is possible to have them on the same cable.

 

[ndee]

Why not dual boot? I think it would be possible if you install "another diff OS" on HD1, and then unplug it, install win98 on the other HD, or just leave your current installation alone, and then, everytime you change the OS, just use FDISK to set the correct Active Partition. But I actually would do a dual boot...

 

[Gunbuster]

Some place made a 5.25 bay switch box thingy that let you do just what you want. Maybe someone else knows the name of it

 

[singa]

eh.
Thanks for all the quick replies, ppl.

Dual booting??
does it mean running 2 os on the same hd?

I need to try some stuffs on my spare HD.
And i wouldn't wan it to be affect my original one.

Basically, I m trying to isolate whatever changes on HD2.

 

[ndee]

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~jomstead/

Howto dual-boot linux and Win2k

 

[shathal]

Right - from the basics.

Dual-booting - this means that you are able to boot 2(or more) OS's either from the same HD or from seperate HD's.

A few guidelines:
* Install "stupid" OS's first - that is Win 9X before installing W2K for instance.
* Install each OS either on a seperate HD or on a seperate partition. (You can use a single HD for several OS's - just make sure they are on different partitions).

<For the pedantics among you - yes I know HD = 1+ partition, I just try to keep this simple>

* If you use 2 OS's (such as Win98 then W2K), you should be fine with the W2K boot-manager. If you want to go more, you should be a bit more careful in the choice of your boot-manager.

I would also recommend that you keep you W2K (for instance) partition in NTFS, as Win 9X can't deal with that. This way, &quot;stupid&quot; Win 9X can't see W2K, therefor it can't screw it up.

Right - hope this sheds some light on your request .