second hdd

[SaddleTramp]

cell, no i dont dual boot i have ue2.1 on one hard drive, and Ultimate Edition 2.0 gamers on another hard drive, and xp on an other. but id like to know to use all on one drive?? i swap hard drives for each os

saddle tramp no i swap each hard drive per os. hope tihis makes sense??

Ok, I highlighted the part where I thought you wanted all OS's on 1 hard drive...if that's not the case, then are you wanting to triple boot from 1 boot menu ??

[pch.shot]

There is a little trick you can try.You would just make an adjustment in your bios each boot. Unplug all but one drive and install one operating system on each drive(only one drive hooked up for each install). Then to boot into the selected operating system you just change the boot sequence in your bios. It will save you from fixing your mbr in Windows or trying to edit the grub boot loader when you decide to change operating systems. When you upgrade to the next Ultimate, you just unplug your Windows hard drive and after the install hook it back up.

[boru]

no i use one hard drive at a time,but i want to use my slave hard drive.its a samsung 300gb,all drives are ide.
but when using Ultimate Edition it wont mount/read the slave samsung drive.
i hope this makes sense!

[SaddleTramp]

no i use one hard drive at a time,but i want to use my slave hard drive.its a samsung 300gb,all drives are ide.
but when using Ultimate Edition it wont mount/read the slave samsung drive.
i hope this makes sense!

...(I just know I'm gonna guess wrong on this one too LOL) .. OK...so you have the "slave" samsung drive plugged in by itself???

[boru]

i have a master hard drive with UE2.1 installed and running,then another one with UE2.0 gamers ed on it,and finally one with xp on it.but the two installs of Ultimate Edition cant "mount"the samsung slave drive.both see and label the drive as a samsung 300gb hard drive.

[SaddleTramp]

i have a master hard drive with UE2.1 installed and running,then another one with UE2.0 gamers ed on it,and finally one with xp on it.but the two installs of Ultimate Edition cant "mount"the samsung slave drive.both see and label the drive as a samsung 300gb hard drive.

Ok, from either of the Ultimate drives, open a Terminal and run Nautilus:

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sudo nautilus

This opens Nautilus up with full admin rights...then open file manager and see if you can mount the Samsung drive then...

[boru]

ok ive opened nautilus,how to next "file manager"

[Cell]

first are you using gnome or kde?
Do you see your drive? like in my pic?If so try to open it(click on it)and report back the error it gives you(if any)

[boru]

cell,
not sure about gnome/ kde,
but in nautilus i dont see the samsung drive

[Cell]

go into your bios and see if it See's it.