Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:11:50 -0400 From: "Gennadiy Tsygan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install?
I have the same setup, and I tried to put the Libby HD into another laptop. Didn't work. So I made a network boot floppy and transferred Windows install files over the network. The biggest pain was to configure drivers for the network card. Xircom RealPort wouldn't work, I think because it is CardBus. Once I switched to an older 16-bit Xircom card, everything worked well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Kalos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:20 AM Subject: [LIB] Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install? > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 02:12:13 -0400 > From: "Christopher Kalos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install? > > Okay, I've gone through the archives until my eyes were red and dry. > I've managed to get nowhere with this. > > I've got a Lib 110 with a 12 GB HDD, no CD-ROM drive, and a spare desktop > PC. > > So, here's what I did. > > 1) Fdisk from the Libretto, making one (nearly) 8GB Primary Partition. I > left off about 70 MB at the end for a hibernation area, although I may have > to reallocate to *after* the 8GB mark, based on what I see in the archives. > Regardless, this is fairly unimportant. > > 2) Removed 12GB drive and added to a Windows 2000 box, making a ~4 GB > partition, formatted for FAT32, with the Win2000 (full version) CD contents > copied to it. > > 3) Set 12 GB as the primary master, rebooted with the CD-ROM still hooked > up, and did the first run Win2000 install, formatting the first ~8GB as > NTFS. > > 4) Shutdown, transplanted hard drive to Libby, and then all hell broke > loose. > > I get an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE Stop Error when it tries to come up. If I > leave the drive in the desktop, it gets up to the configuration portion. > > I'd just do the entire install from the D: drive, but the problem with that > is I lack a boot disk with SmartDrive, so it takes forever to make it work > without using the PC and the CDROM drive. > > So, what's wrong with the method here? > > Do I > a) just suck up a few lost hours to SmartDrive? > b) Format C: to FAT32? (Only an option if this makes half a damned bit of > difference!) > c) Send it to a Service Center (I'm still under warranty, just not for 2000) > for a clean 98 install? > d) chuck this thing on ebay with all the accessories that I've invested in > for a minimal return? > > I'd prefer an answer e) which provides the magical solution of making the > partitions a certain size, but the primary is already limited to staying > under the imposed BIOS limit, thanks to Step 1. And no, I don't want to > sell the Libby at the moment. > > Thanks, > CK > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
