Subj : Re: Hard Drive configuration
To   : Gamgee
From : Bogomips
Date : Tue May 13 2025 07:53:30

  Re: Re: Hard Drive configuration
  By: Gamgee to Bogomips on Mon May 12 2025 09:33 pm

 >  Bo> I was thinking of changing the physical location of the drive?
 >
 > Not sure what that means.  Attach it to a different port/cable?
Yes, I was thinking of moving the ribbon, If I could.

 >
 > I would recommend not doing RAID, at least for now.  I don't know a
 > whole lot about RAID, but don't the 2 drives have to be the same size to
 > use RAID?  The data below shows them as different sizes.

I changed out of RAID, because everywhere I read said to change to ACHI for linux install.


 >
 > Strange, seems they would show up as the First and Second.  Are these
 > SATA?  PATA/IDE?  M2/NVME?  What are they?
SATA as far as I can tell.

 >  Bo> Was wondering if I could move the D: drive to the first or seconds
 >  Bo> spot?
 >
 > Not sure what that even means.
 >
 > Get the "D:" out of your head when installing Linux/Slackware.  Also, in
 > my dim memory of when I used to dual boot, I believe it's usually
 > (always?) best to install Windoze before whatever Linux distro you want
 > to install.
I was using the D: as reference to it being visible in windows.

Thank You for your input, i appreciate it

 > Feel free to ask some more questions with some actual useful info on
 > your setup/config if you need to.  Good luck.

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