[TriLUG] Re: install questions

[numberwhun at attbi.com]

One suggestion is that you have a cdrom and a hard drive
on each chain.  By having both the cdrom and the
cd-writer on the same chain, you will run into problems
should you try to  copy a disk, drive to drive.  Also, by
putting the hard drives on different chains, you will
increase the speed of the copy, vice having them on the
same chain.  
Unfortunately, I have not used System Commander, so I am
in no position to comment on its use. 

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland

> I have an older machine, Pentium 233 MMX, 256MB SDRAM, 512 cache, (2) Western 
> Digital 8.4 GB HDD, 24X CDROM, 2X CDRW.
> I am presently running it as a Win ME machine, with the (C:\) drive (hda) set as 
> "primary master" and the (D:\) drive (hdb) set as "primary slave".  The CDROM is 
> set as the "secondary master", with the CDRW set as "secondary slave".
> 
> My intention is to run a tri-boot machine letting Slackware 8.1 and FreeBSD 
> 4.6.2 split the second drive.  
> 
> I also have V-Com's System Commander 7.05 software available.
> 
> I ran RedHat 5.x a few years ago, successfully sharing a single drive with 
> windoze and using an older version of system commander.  
> 
> 1. Should I change the harddrives so that C:\ is primary master and D:\ is 
> secondary master?
> 
> 2. Should I use the  "System Commander" software?
> 
> 3. Should I install Slackware or FreeBSD first?  Does it matter?
> 
> This is a learning/re-learning experience, so I have no problem trying something > and going back to scratch...any caveats, criticisms, or advice is appreciated.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Mike Shields
> 
> 
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