2 hard disks one big problem
 

hallo all today i conected a new hard disk to my computer
its a 10 gb hard disk from an xbox console

now i have another hard disk which is 80 gb

so i installed windows on the 80 gb hard disk and then tried to install linux
fc4 on the 10 gb hard disk but right after i choose the packges i wanted
it gave me an erroe something about that it cant use this hard disk because its in use

so i preesed the ignore button and then a lot of problems came andit told me i can save them to a diskete or somthing like that and it booted my computer


so my question is this:: those anyone have any idea why i cant install linux on that hard disk

and if no onw knows

i was thinking about makeing the 10 gb hard disk into a fat 32
and install both linux and windows on the 80 gb hard disk
but i dont want to install grub on the mbr because then i cant boot into windows no one in the fc4 forum could help me with that problem so i thougt about installing grub on a /boot partition so how do i make one in fc4 install and second how do i install grub into it?


if anyone has any seguestions i would be glad to hear them

thanks

How are your drives configured: Are both set as masters on separate channels, or is one master and one slave on the same channel? I run two separate drives, one master and one slave on the same channel. I have Linux on the master drive and Windows 98 on the slave and dual booting works fine. I did have to edit the file in /boot/grub/menu.lst, which is the list of options you have when starting the computer. As you can see, I have two Mepis kernels on the first drive, and Windows on the second. The trick to making it work this way is mapping the second drive so that Windows THINKS it is on the first drive:

default saved
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 2f5178
splashimage /boot/grub/mepis.xpm.gz

title MEPIS at hda1, kernel 2.6.7
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 root=/dev/hda1 nomce psmouse.proto=imps quiet splash=verbose vga=791
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.mepis
savedefault

title MEPIS at hda1, kernel 2.4.26
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26 root=/dev/hda1 nomce quiet splash=verbose vga=791 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.mepis
savedefault

title Windows 98SE at hdb1
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Xbox drives are locked by M$ to frustrate people attempting what you are trying. For more details have a look at http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/lock-hdd.php, or google for "Xbox hard drive locked"

ok
 

ok first of all for the second reply:
i already frred this hard disk he is now just a hard disk
i even connected it and used it throw windows so dont worry about that

for the first reply:

ok my 10 gb hard disk which is the linux one is the slave
and the windows is the master
and they are on the same channel i think.....

in bios it says: master boot record (master) my windows one
and : master boot record (slave) my linux one

thanks very much on your explnasion on the grub but i still didnt get there because i still couldnt get linux installed on that hard disk


what should i do?