2 Hdds and duel boot
 

I have to switch between linux and windows often, and on my new system I dont really want to take the messy route of partitioning my drives (yes i know i can partition it for duel boot, thats not the question...) so is there a way for me to have windows boot off 1 disk and mandrake 8.2 off another?
Thanks lot!
Oraee

Edit: Im prettynew to linux, so easy on the fancy words and the like..

i don't understand u in this:

to have windows boot off 1 disk and mandrake 8.2 off another

can u explain what u want plz

to have windows boot off 1 disk and mandrake 8.2 off another

It's very easy. It's basically the same as dual booting a single drive w/o the mixing of win/lin partitions. Usually it's better to have win on your 1st hd (drive 0). Your second hd you can format as one large primary partition, or as 1 large extended, to keep things simple.
Probably the most difficult decision will be deciding how to boot your system (e.g., floppy, lilo, grub or other; floppy being the simplest).
Check out the HOWTOs at the Linux Doc Project (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/categories.html) & also the docs at Mandrake User (http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/index.html). They provide a great intro to Linux.
Just be sure you're installing onto the right drive (you know how Linux labels drives right?).

Thanks a lot for the help!

ok
 

i got it but to late to help u

hope i can help later