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S.Boardman

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Since: Jan 03, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:57 pm
Post subject: Setting active partition
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Can you only have one active partition per drive (boot sequence dependant on
BIOS settings) or one per PC?

I have RAID 0 copied onto a new 80 Gb drive that I want to test to make sure
it boots OK. If I set the active partition on the 80Gb drive as active, will
it take active 'off' the RAID? Or can I swap between the RAID and the IDE
each having an active partition, the actual boot drive being dependent on
the sequence I set?

Did I make that too confusing??
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Mike Walsh

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Since: Jul 12, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:48 pm
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"S.Boardman" wrote:
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 > Can you only have one active partition per drive (boot sequence dependant on
 > BIOS settings) or one per PC?

You can have one active partition per drive. A hardware RAID array will appear to the system BIOS as a single drive.

 > I have RAID 0 copied onto a new 80 Gb drive that I want to test to make sure
 > it boots OK. If I set the active partition on the 80Gb drive as active, will
 > it take active 'off' the RAID? Or can I swap between the RAID and the IDE
 > each having an active partition, the actual boot drive being dependent on
 > the sequence I set?

You can't use a partition as both an independent logical drive and part of a RAID drive.

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

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