On Sunday 24 February 2008 07:49:15 Joe Morris wrote:
On 02/24/2008 04:09 AM, Robert W Best wrote:
I want to install SuSE Linux on a system with Windows XP on 2 HDs in RAID 1 (mirror) and the 3rd HD for back-up.
It is possible to make room on the 3rd HD for SuSE, but the MBR seems write protected. So no dual boot menu.
You could boot into SuSE from Windows. It is possible, but having to boot Windows takes away from the experience. You would need to install grub in the Linux partition instead of the MBR. I believe there are howto's available. One thing is I think Linux may not see the drives running on the fake raid of the main board unless it is supported. HTH.
The MBR could be on the 3rd HD (not write protected). How can I find where the MBR is located? I allways thought it to be the 1st HDs 512 bytes ... I'm going to replace SuSE 10.1 with 10.3 - but before I let SuSE change the MBR on the 3rd HD (assuming it is there) I want to know how this can be undone in case Windows does not boot anymore. I'll also burn a boot CD according to the openSUSE documentation section 13.5. I know how to do this on a system without RAID, but on the system with the 1st and 2nd HD in RAID, in menu.lst title Windows XP chainloader (hd0,0)+1 hd0,0 should be hd1,0 or hd2,0 - right? Robert Best
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