> >The question is: what will happen if I merely attach the second HD as a
> >slave and attempt to boot the machine? Will the fact that each disk has an
> >active partition cause problems? If so, is there a way to "deactivate" the
> >active partition on the second drive?
>
> No, there will be absolutely no problem doing it this way.  The active
> partition on the primary controller in the master position will be the one
> that boots.  The other partition will be ignored as far as booting goes.

David,

   after mulling over your response to the above question, I have a
question triggered by your reply.

If I install a second drive that has been properly formatted/fdisked
with an active partition and has win-95 installed as a master on the
secondary controller.....,to a system that has win-98 drive installed as
master on primary.......,that only the drive on the primary controller
will boot and not reconigze the drive on the secondary?

If this be so, and I am certainally not suggesting that it
isn't......Could I do the following:

occasionally boot to the secondary by telling CMOS that there is not a
drive in the primary and therefore be able to boot into win-95 when
desired and this procedure controlled solely by turning on and off the
primary in the CMOS.

I respect your opinion and I hope I have been able to state question to
where it makes sense.

Thank You

John

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