Howard Kaikow wrote:
"Eric Gisin" wrote in message
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I've tried this a few times with different systems with mixed results.
Often a computer will
insist on booting from the IDE drive even if you tell it explicitly not
to in the BIOS.
Not an issue if you don't activate any partition, or make them all
logical, or set drive type to
NONE.

Sounds right to me.
I do not know how to set drive type to NONE, but I would not activate any
parturition, and some would be Linux partitions.

Certainly doesn't hurt to give it a shot. I disagree with Eric's
statement, at least in part. I've never tried setting the drive type to
NONE (sounds promising), but his other other suggestions don't guarantee
success in my experience (but they are worth trying). Go into the
system BIOS and change the drive setting from AUTO to NONE.