Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 07:08:12 -0500 From: "Grebe, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib 100 Install Win98SE pro and con? < REPLACE ALL OF THIS WITH > "cmd:unsubscrib"
subject line: cmd:unsubscribe subject line! subject line! subject line! subject line! subject line! subject line! subject line! subject line! subject line! subject line! Make sure you place that in the subject line, not the message body. -----Original Message----- From: Sam Fazzina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:03 AM To: Libretto Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 100 Install Win98SE pro and con? Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 06:57:14 -0500 From: "Sam Fazzina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 100 Install Win98SE pro and con? How the hell do I get off this list! cmd:unsubscribe doesnt work and neither does cmd:unsubscribe digest ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Alkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:12 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 100 Install Win98SE pro and con? > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 04:07:23 -0600 > From: "Larry Alkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 100 Install Win98SE pro and con? > > Thanks for your detailed response. > A few questions in context below. > > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:42:48 -0800, David Chien wrote: > > >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:37:04 -0800 (PST) > >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 100 Install Win98SE pro and con? > > > >If you're doing a 166Mhz L100, it may feel a touch sluggish however. > >A bigger > >HD will help responsiveness (faster data streaming off the HD due to higher > >data density). I've noticed this jump in performance whenever I put > >a much > >bigger HD into older laptops. > > Thanks for that tip. I hate "sluggish" > > > > >As for the install, you'll want the \win98 directory copied to your > >HD, along > >with any tools you use (eg. partition magic, ghost), and Toshiba > >Libretto drivers (eg. video, sound at minimum, but everything at www.csd.toshiba.com -> > >support -> drivers will do fine). > > Is there any problem in having the new \win98 directory on the same partition > I am asking it to install to? My 6 gig is a little small to carve up > into smaller pieces > although I suppose I could always use Partition Magic to eliminate the extra partition > after the install. I already know that a \win98 on the same partition works for > _re-installs_. > > > >Also, make sure if you want to upgrade the BIOS, you do this before > >you install > >windows. It's known that some ACPI/APM hibernation/detection > >problems can > >occur if you upgrade the BIOS after windows has been installed > >already. > > My BIOS is 6.40 which may be the original! I see that Toshiba offers 8.10, 8.0, 7.30 and 6.50. > Any comments on which one to go with or should I just "go for it" with 8.10? > > > > >I've setup my partitions with a second hidden DOS partition that only > >has the > >basics - the \win98 directory, tools and drivers. That way, even w/o > >a cd-rom > >drive in the future, I can always setup another windows partition and > >set it up > >and/or wipe the yucky one installed already and put in a fresh copy. > > Right now I have the following partitions: > primary 4 gig > extended 1.2 gig > These were created with fdisk with the drive in the Lib 100. However, > I seem to have lost my hibernation - it doesn't show up any more on > the Start menu. Is there any way I can check to see if it's there and > get it working again? > > >Oh, also have a full symantec.com ghost backup image file of the base install > >of windows and drivers on the second extended partition - lets me > >restore quickly in case anything does go wrong. Naturally, you put > >all of the data > >files you make on a second extended partition so you can wipe the > >primary parittion without regard to what's on it. > > I try to put data in a c:\data\various_sub_for_each_purpose > so I can just back up that c:\data with it's subs. > However I have learned from experience that Windows and it's apps put > so much data in their own > subdirectories that it's necessary to back up many application > directories also. > For example, my /internet subdirectory contains various programs, each > in their own directory. > Like Opera, PMMail, etc. > They all like to put data in a sub of their installation directory. > Only a few like PMMail allow me to put the data elsewhere, most have > no such provision. > So I backup c:\data, c:\internet and a host of others. > > > > >Beyond that, make sure you get at least all of teh critical updates > >at windowsupdate.microsoft.com for 98 - myself, I've got all of those > >+ IE 5.5 SP2 > >+ DirectX 8.1 + all the othere patches like the large HD update. Happily, the > >L110 runs quickly and fine with it all - not as sluggish as I'd > >expect it would > >be. > > > >Oh, and finally, set the video to 16 bit rather than 24-bit -> faster screen > >updaes and you can't see the difference on the LCD panel. > > It was already there - I think that tip was from your cd. > > >Hmm, oh, and after > >you've setup the Toshiba control panel thing, you can setit to > >hibernate when > >you push the power button instead of shutting down. Let's for far > >faster boots > >and you get to keep where you are w/o having to reoopen widows and > >apps. > > Do you mean "Power Save" from Control Panel? > I don't see anything for Toshiba control panel - how do I set that up? > > >eg. if you keep IE open all the time even during hibernation, it > >saves time by > >not having to wait for IE to startup again when you go online. > > > > > > Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX > > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. 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