Hi thr, yes, but my bios boot order does not show hdb. it shows options of c, d, e (pen dr. 32mb), f (cdrom), g(external cdrw), LS/zip, but no hdb.
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No, usually under your bios, it uses a different convention, set it to boot off the other/secondary hard drive.
As I said, under your bios its different. It's probably option "d" in your case.hda1 = first partition on first drive hda2 = second partition on first drive hda3 = guess what
hdb1 = first partition on second drive hdb2 = well you prolly know by now.
in bios: hda = first drive so it's drve C:\ (windows notition) hdb = second drive so it's drive D:\ (windows notition)
floppy and zip drives always take a:\ and b:\ (back in the old day's)
so you need to boot D:\Wahoo!!!! Well I changed bios to "D" boot and now I will officially discontinu kissin frogs, seems it is agonna work. tried to setup internet but see I will have to fart with it some, otherwise, it feels good to "officially" enter Linux world, a positive step to heal from "blue screen" disease.? Many, many thanks to "thehatsrule" and those that jumped in, hopefully I will be able to soon assist!!!
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hda1 = first partition on first drive hda2 = second partition on first drive hda3 = guess what
Actually, it depends on what type of partition and how the partitioning tool creates it - not sure if there are concrete rules though. (ie 5 is usually used for the first logical partition, etc). Also afaik the use of a: c: etc. started with dos. Not that it really matters :PNext Page...
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