Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:59:32 -0400 From: Rick Mansfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD?
I really don't see why all that work is necessary, seeing as I was able to just install cleanly with no partition meddling, no installing other OSs, etc. Unless of course the CD drive turns out to be a big problem. (ie you don't have one, or Win2k doesn't support it natively and there's no installer driver) On 8/10/05, Christopher Kalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:47:35 -0400 > From: Christopher Kalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD? > > Okay, here's what I vaguely remember about this, and it's way easier > when you have the right tools. > > 1) Ditch the CD-ROM as far as the installer's concerned. That's merely > a method by which you can get the Win2K installer on the hard drive. > > 2) Using a partition editor, such as FIPS, you should be able to cut > the drive into two partitions. I went with a 3g/1g split. > > 3) Get any other OS going on this system, as long as it can use that > CD-ROM drive, even 98 from floppies, if you're brave. > > 4) Copy the entire Win2K CD to the 1gig partition. > > 5) Create (or obtain) a Win2K install floppy. This will boot and ask > you for an installer location. Point it to the D: drive, format C: as > FAT and install to it, and you should be good to go. > > One caveat: you MUST format C: as FAT, no matter how badly you want > NTFS. Once you finish this up, you can clear our the D: drive of the > install image, delete that partition, and extend a FAT partition with > far less trouble than extending an NTFS partition. End result? Win > 2000 using up one 4.3 GB FAT partition, ready for you to convert to > NTFS. > > (Of course, NTFS is far more annoying to recover data from if the drive > ever dies, so be careful.) > > You still get your pristine install, and no one will ever be the wiser. > Fair warning, though, it takes an ungodly amount of fat trimming to > make Win2K run comfortably on the Libretto, even with the RAM upgrade. > > CK > > On Aug 10, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Jim Hanak wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:33:45 -0500 > > From: "Jim Hanak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [LIB] How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD? > > > > Folks, > > > > OK, sorry for not responding earlier as I have been out of town. Also > > sorry > > for not being more specific with my info. > > > > Here's the situation. I have a 110ct, stock hd(bare, except that I > > have > > installed MS-DOS 6.22 on it), standard PA2940U floppy drive that works > > fine, > > an NEC OP-260-72501 external PCMCIA CD-Rom. I also have both the port > > replicator & the docking station. > > > > When I have the floppy and cd connected(floppy on top, cd on bottom), > > the cd > > spins up and then quits. The drivers that came with the cd say I need > > to > > have card and socket services installed first. How do I get that? I > > do > > have Win 3.1 on floppy I can install if I have to, but I would rather > > have a > > pristine install of W2K. That's my goal. I would rather not do any > > "surgery", if I can avoid it. > > > > I have searched the archives for card & socket, and haven't found > > anything > > useful. Can anyone help? > > > > Thanks, > > Jim ! > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:22:41 +0200 > > From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [LIB] How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD? > > > > Jim Hanak wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:54:45 -0500 > >> From: "Jim Hanak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD? > >> > >> This has probably been covered before, but can someone point me to > >> where this is? > > > > Sure. > > You might try Google, or seek the Libretto searchable archives first: > > http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/ > > > >> I have working PCMCIA floppy and CD-rom drives. Any advice? > > > > *What* would you like to install? > > - Win98? > > - Win2K? > > - Linux? > > - .....? > > > > Philip > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.4/66 - Release Date: 8/9/2005 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- -Rick
