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Stanislaw Flatto  
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 More options Aug 16 2004, 7:07 pm
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <comp...@shoalhaven.net.au>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:07:26 GMT
Local: Mon, Aug 16 2004 7:07 pm
Subject: Re: Can I Add a New HD as a Fifth IDE Device?
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Tony Sivori wrote:
>I'd like to get a large HD and use it to install more versions of Linux,
>and for additional storage. I just got SuSE 9.1 Professional in the mail
>with the Novel free technical resource kit and I'm eager to install it.
>Also, I'd like to try a permanent HD install of Knoppix.

>So my questions are, if I buy a retail box HD (Western Digital, most
>likely) that is larger than 137 GB, shouldn't a drive that size come with
>a PCI IDE card in the box that will work even though my current IDE
>connectors are all in use?

>Will I be able to install additional Linux versions to hdc and continue
>multi boot with Lilo? Or would I need to use the new drive for storage
>only and will I need to contain my additional Linux installs to hdb (or
>hda)?

OK, the Linux way.
Most distributions nead about 2 to 3 Gb for install and being "Linux"
can reside on logical partitions.
The "storage" can be shared by all of them.
Your "native" LILO can be configured to boot any one of them---> "man
lilo" and "man lilo.conf" (no quotes) are your friends.
So no need to fight with hardware configurations, unless it is your hobby.

Been there, done it!

Have fun.

Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.


 
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