3.27G HDD on L50CT Problem ! help!
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 01:45:23 -0400 From: "Alex Hwang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 3.27G HDD on L50CT Problem ! help! Is anybody using IBM Travelstar DKLA-23240 HDD which is 3.24G on Libretto 50CT? I was trying to install it but it didn't go well. PLEASE HELP ME After I connect my HDD on to connector, I was tryng to FDISK it, it found HDD and I chose to have two partition one giga byte for drive C and rest of space for drive D. I made primary, extended and logical partition. then rebooted lib. then use format c: /s on drive C and format d:. it formatted without error except it has bad MBR(Master Boot Record) when I check partition status, partition type was FAT12 for drive C and unknown for D. Also when I tried Disk Manager to go around old-BIOS problem (I suspected this as a problem) I got message that MBR are being redirected to another record. I tried low level format, but it didn't work either. Now, I'm suspecting that this redirecting MBR is due to BIOS preservation for hibernation. I also tried to use fips.exe to go around this problem, it says that my MBR is ok but it can not find the FAT32 signiture from the HDD then it terminate. If some one has knowledge about this matter, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Libretto screens for sale
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:08:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Brandon Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Libretto screens for sale Hi everybody I currently have 4 working lib 20, 30, 50, 60, 70ct screens i would like to sell for $500 US a piece. If you want one, could you please email me [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brandon __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Sound
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:39:57 +0100 From: Richard Munson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Sound Thanks for all the advice. To date, all settings in 'hairy lightbulb' set to full power 88% resources, min. still isnt working, will install new mp3 player and see if that makes a difference. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
sound/hairy light-bulb
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:55:02 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: sound/hairy light-bulb Hi Guys, No problem - I can send you the install files if you want - (they're about 1.3M). Although I prefer it to the win98 management, there's just a couple of things I should probably mention - 1. I got them off one of the Japanese install CDs for my L1050, but I suppose they'd work on the 100 (they work in win 98) 2. It's never handled hibernation (you know, the ol' picture of RAM->Hard-drive thing) since I did the initial English install (necessary due to my lack of kanji skills), but this may not affect the 100s. and 3. (probably unrelated) I had an intermittent problem coming out of screen-save(monitor off) where my computer would lock up and require the reset-stab, possibly related to display drivers/98lite/japanese bits and pieces. I have ended up just living with the previous problems - have turned off "display off" settings and don't use hibernation - just came to terms with the fact that even without these power-saving bits, the standard battery on the 1050 still lasts for over 2 hours. So - generally works pretty well, and at least with the light-bulb I was able to set maximum processing power when in battery-mode, which the win98 power management didn't seem to be able to manage easily. Just let me know if you want the files, cheers, Simon --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: 20GB experience + a few questions
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:54:55 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: 20GB experience + a few questions > > Any good ol' HD sector editor will do as well if you've got the time (and > as > > long as the NTFS partition isn't encrypted) > > How is it possible to recover that way? I can imagine to recover some text > but what about zip archives? > BTW which HD sector editor do you consider as good? While I am on it which > would easily fill unpartitioned space (from cylinder to cylinder) with 1's? A HD sector editor would let you manually alter the master file directory, then let you chain files together sector by sector by hand. Since all directories pretty much are laid out like: Directory Listing for File0001 points to first HD sector #, with pointer to second sector, which points to second HD sector # and has a pointer to the their sector ..it is merely a matter of locating the first sector of your ZIP (or any other file you want to recover), locating the second sector, and so forth, then making sure the directory is properly updated with this information. Yes, you can spend days working on this recovering multi-MB files by hand, but it works fine. -- As for a program that writes 1's to disk, I wouldn't know. I'd just write a program myself. Maybe www.softseek.com or www.deja.com/usenet has some clues. > 1 From time to time I hear a rather loud click inside and Windeows freezes > in that moment. This problem was present from the first time I installed the > drive. What that could be? Does Windows crash or do anything bad? It's either the HD head moving about, or HD failure. Both IBM and Toshiba have low-level diagnostics programs you can run on the HD to make sure nothing bad is happening, just in case. > 2 Some time ago I read from your page about SIIG PCMCIA fan. Have you seen > Win2k drivers for it? No idea. But one person who did try it recommended against it. It is such a tight fit that it damaged the MB/circuitry around the area and caused problems for that one person. however,that was merely an example of stupidity. If the card, if out of spec sizewise, was too hard to squeeze in, then why did that person proceed? I'm sure another PCMCIA fan card, if the proper size, would fit just fine and not cause problems. Remember, for all electronic equipment, it shouldn't need much force to put together. If it does, something is most likely wrong and you shouldn't force it in -- or else you'll risk damage. d =) = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: 20GB experience + a few questions
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:12:41 +0200 From: "Alexandre Kaoukhov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: 20GB experience + a few questions > Top 10 reasons to backup everything to CD-R. I used a spare HD for backup but have not sent it for replacement yet. And I do not have CD-writer. > A few other programs handling NTFS: I sould probably just swallow once again. > Any good ol' HD sector editor will do as well if you've got the time (and as > long as the NTFS partition isn't encrypted) How is it possible to recover that way? I can imagine to recover some text but what about zip archives? BTW which HD sector editor do you consider as good? While I am on it which would easily fill unpartitioned space (from cylinder to cylinder) with 1's? > Beyond that, a good reason to stick with FAT, which has many more methods > available. It fails more often too. I have a couple more questions. 1 From time to time I hear a rather loud click inside and Windeows freezes in that moment. This problem was present from the first time I installed the drive. What that could be? 2 Some time ago I read from your page about SIIG PCMCIA fan. Have you seen Win2k drivers for it? Cheers, Alexandre > ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:07:51 -0400 From: "Lawrence Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk - Original Message - From: "Iliano Cervesato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 9:05 AM Subject: Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:01:06 -0400 > From: Iliano Cervesato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk > > Thanks to all of you who answered. That was very useful! > I am going to erase my 912-1093 partition, let Windows > hibernate, and observe what it does. Will "fdisk" be able > to see the hibernation partition? If not, what should I > use (my disk has Windows 98, RedHat 5.2 and RedHat 6.3). > I don't think BIOS creates a partition to hibernate at all. It just write directly to the area where it thinks it should be. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
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Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:01:06 -0400 From: Iliano Cervesato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk Thanks to all of you who answered. That was very useful! I am going to erase my 912-1093 partition, let Windows hibernate, and observe what it does. Will "fdisk" be able to see the hibernation partition? If not, what should I use (my disk has Windows 98, RedHat 5.2 and RedHat 6.3). Thanks again, Iliano. Marshall Burke wrote: > > What I did was created the windows partition, then let it hibernate and it > created the hibernation partition, than I added my other partitions, but > this was on a Lib 50. YMMV Lawrence Young wrote: > > As reported here, L100/110 BIOS can only support HDD size up to 8GB. So the > BIOS will put hibernation data to the end of the 8GB location not the end of > your 20GB disk. However, no body knows the exact location of the hibernation > data. David Chien wrote: > >It's normal. It'll drop it just at the end of the 8GB bios limit, but > halfway into a 20GB partition. I'd just partition it into two pieces and let > the Libretto hibernate all it wants in the middle. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
