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Old 12-26-2004, 04:25 PM   #1
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two hard drives


i just got a new hd for xmas and i wanna set up a dual boot system. the problem im having is that when i start cfdisk, it only shows my primary master drive. the other drive, the one i'm trying to install slackware on, doesnt show up. does it have to be the secondary master? right now i just have it as the primary slave. the windows partitioning software that comes up when u install windows seems to see it ok
 
Old 12-26-2004, 05:14 PM   #2
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if you just do cfdisk it automatically shows hda, the primary master, I think...

try cfdisk /dev/hdb
 
Old 12-26-2004, 11:32 PM   #3
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claudius753 is correct. cfdisk by default will assume that you are referring to the primary master drive. To view other drives, you need to pass in the device explicitly. For reference:

/dev/hda = primary master
/dev/hdb = primary slave
/dev/hdc = secondary master
/dev/hdd = secondary slave

If your new drive is connected to the same ribbon cable as your existing drive, the new drive will probably be in the primary slave position (/dev/hdb). If it is connected to the same ribbon as the CD, it will probably be in the secondary slave position (/dev/hdd).

Be sure that your new drive is jumpered appropriately. Good luck with it -- J.W.
 
  


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