Install Red Hat Linux v9 on 2nd HD?

I was reading the RH Linux 9 doc last night and noticed it said I
can't put /boot on the second HD if it is not on the primary
controller (first MB IDE socket). I already have the first HD and
the CD on that controller socket and don't want to change it. (If
it is working, don't fix it!) Is this correct? I thought I'd done
this before on another system and it worked. What now? I don't
want to re-partition the first HD which has XP on it. I'll need
to use a boot floppy? Or won't that work either?

FWIW, I'm using a Compaq Presario 5000T desktop.

I'd prefer to get this planned for before I try to install Linux.

TIA

Ken

Ken Knecht wrote in
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FWIW, I'm using a Compaq Presario 5000T desktop.

Which probably won't run Linux anyway, as Linux doesn't support it's
Intel 81810E onboard video card. That's the experience I had.