Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-25 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 26 May 2011 10:25:24 +0930 Tim wrote: > I probably could do that on Linux, too. But I don't want to transcode > the movie, which seems to be how every Linux solution I've seen works. Ah, its simple on linux - you just need to fully understand and memorize all the interacting meanings of

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-25 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 09:29 -0600, FHDATA wrote: > After careful assessment, the dual/multi boot (unless i absolutely > need it) is not worth the hassle. I try full hrdw install. I came to that conclusion years ago, and all but one computer (here) is Linux only. The sole use of Windows on one com

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-25 Thread FHDATA
FHDATA wrote, On 05/19/2011 05:01 PM: > > All, > > Very valid and interesting points. I will have to try > a few of these which takes time. I will post a conclusion/summary. > > Thanks, On the bright side, toggeling "which disk is boot disk" drop-down menu during install enabled me to boot from i

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-20 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
FHDATA wrote: > C. I used F14 32bit install media and it sees > p0 as /dev/sda1 and it sees p1 as /dev/adb > > D. Fedora 14 install completes successfully > During which it was instructed to install > boot loader onto p1 and to leave alone /dev/sda1 ... > I would suggest installing Fedora

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-20 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 00:24 +0930, Tim wrote: > NB: Telling the BIOS that drive one is drive two, and drive two is > drive one, doesn't always work. Sometimes they get swapped as far as > the BIOS selecting the other drive to boot from. But aren't regarded > as swapped by the OS that is booted.

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-20 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 14:25 -0600, FHDATA wrote: > A. Recently purchased PC has 2 physical drives (let's > call them p0 , p1). > > B. p0 has windows 7 ; p1 is blank never been used. Presuming that before installing Linux onto the second drive, that the computer worked as expected (boots up t

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-19 Thread FHDATA
All, Very valid and interesting points. I will have to try a few of these which takes time. I will post a conclusion/summary. Thanks, Richard Shaw wrote, On 05/19/2011 02:38 PM: > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM, FHDATA wrote: >> >> >> Greetings, >> >> Sorry if this is a newbie question >>

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-19 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM, FHDATA wrote: > > > Greetings, > > Sorry if this is a newbie question > > > A. Recently purchased PC has 2 physical drives (let's >    call them  p0 , p1). > > B. p0 has windows 7 ; p1 is blank never been used. > > C. I used F14 32bit install media and it sees

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-19 Thread Michael Wiktowy
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:25 PM, FHDATA wrote: > > Greetings, > > Sorry if this is a newbie question > > A. Recently purchased PC has 2 physical drives (let's >    call them  p0 , p1). > > B. p0 has windows 7 ; p1 is blank never been used. > > C. I used F14 32bit install media and it sees >  

Re: booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/19/11 13:25, FHDATA wrote: > > Greetings, > > Sorry if this is a newbie question > > > A. Recently purchased PC has 2 physical drives (let's > call them p0 , p1). > > B. p0 has windows 7 ; p1 is blank never been used. > > C. I used F14 32bit install media and it sees > p0 as /

booting F14 on 2nd drive on a Windows 7 PC

2011-05-19 Thread FHDATA
Greetings, Sorry if this is a newbie question A. Recently purchased PC has 2 physical drives (let's call them p0 , p1). B. p0 has windows 7 ; p1 is blank never been used. C. I used F14 32bit install media and it sees p0 as /dev/sda1 and it sees p1 as /dev/adb D. Fedora 14 inst