On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:12:23PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:03:31PM -0500, Alec wrote: ... > > Could it be that the Windows boot loader gets confused somehow? > > Yes, very. Windows will only boot if it is on the master disk of the > primary controller. I recommend making a linux boot floppy, > reordering your disks so that windows is first and linux is second, > booting to linux and updating your boot loader config.
Or alternatively, try to use lilo's or grub's `swap' function. in lilo try something like: other=/dev/hdd1 label=Win-hdd1 table=/dev/hdd map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 [ I'm not sure about the 0x81, could as wel be 0x83, or depend on the total number of drives?] -- groetjes, carel