Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:33:54 +0100
From: "Steven Lagerweij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Libretto HDs >8GB section - Added to FAQ, Please Review!
Hi,
Just to report about my experience putting in a 15GB HD:
I installed a 15GB hitachi on a libretto 100, no problems at all. I chose
NOT to use the hibernation feature for several reasons. So I can't report on
that part.
For the rest I had no problems whatsoever installing win98SE and using the
15 GB harddisk.
In addition to the standard win98se installation I only needed to install
the display drivers and a driver for my PCMCIA network card.
Since I have no floppy, I attached the HD to my desktop computer with a
adapter cable. Fdisked it, and formatted the C partition with /s and made it
active. I copied the win98 directory from the windows CD on it, and the
toshiba drivers. Put it back in the libretto and ran the setup. Everything
is running perfectly.
O, the previous harddisk in the Libretto 100CT was 2,1GB made by Toshiba...
Thanks for the FAQ david,
Steven
-----Original Message-----
From: David Chien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: vrijdag 23 februari 2001 22:23
To: Libretto
Subject: Libretto HDs >8GB section - Added to FAQ, Please Review!
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:17:16 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Libretto HDs >8GB section - Added to FAQ, Please Review!
Hi!
There has been much talk about whether Librettos correctly support HDs >8GB
and
whether we need to worry about the location of the hibernation partition.
I can say for the L20-70 models, you'll most likely need to use a disk
manager/drive overlay program like EZ-Drive or IBM Disk Manager to see and
access the entire >8GB HD space. For the L110 and higher models, the BIOS
should correctly see the entire >8GB HD. For the L100 model, hopefully with
the
latest BIOS revision, it should see the entire >8GB HD.
These statements generally reflect the few postings I've archived regarding
the
>8GB HD issue.
As for the hibernation partition, for the L110 and newer models, don't
worry.
For the L20-70 models, it appears that if you use the drive overlay
programs,
the Libretto will put the hiberation at the end of the full HD space;
without
such programs, it will put it at the end of 8.4GB.
This has not been extensively tested, so if you can test to see exactly
where
the Libretto is putting the hibernation partition for your Libretto with
>8.4GB
HD, let us know the details of how you know.
In general, these statements reflect the correct operation of BIOS's which
do
and do not correctly support >8.4GB HDs.
Please visit my site below, click the FAQ link at the top, and read the
section
regarding the >8.4GB HD issue. If there are any comments, corrections, and
actual real-world results, please let me and the other members know by
posting
to this group.
Thanks and sorry for the long wait on this issue - it's a lot more complex
than
I had initially though!
David =)
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