How do I install on a second harddisk

[Christoph Georgi]

I would just put a Ubuntu CD in, boot the computer and format the 
harddrives according to your needs using the format tool that pops up 
during installation.. Or am I thinking too easy?

.christoph



chris wrote:
> I have an 8GB hard drive with old version of redhat
> I have a brand new 160GB with 4 partitions.  I'd like to eventually 
> format what's now "hdb1" as a swap partition and instal ubuntu on "hdb2" 
> "hd3" and "hdb4" (the 4 partition set up: swap, root, user...).  
> Currently these are formatted as ext2, because the version of redhat I 
> have couldn't format them as riser or ext3.
> 
> Do I need to "fake" a few files (as in use touch to create a few zero 
> byte files with specific names) so install can overwrite.  Or can I use 
> install to write to the slave disk at all?
> 
> Thanks,
>     Chris
> 
> In case you haven't guessed I'm pretty much of a newbie
> 
> 

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