[LIB] Toshiba 100GB suggestions..?
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 19:27:49 + From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB suggestions..? I'm about to upgrade my HDD on my 110CT, and it looks to me as though 100GB is the best value for money at the moment (120GB is about 50% more)... Anyone care to share any experiences with the various models? The prices seem pretty close, and the main difference in specs seem to be rotational speed. One thing that I am interested in finding out is if the HDD activity led on the Libretto works with any of the available drives. Most of my larger disks have caused this LED to remain stuck on, which I gather is a known problem (or is there a workaround for this?) I have done a quick survey of local vendors and found the following drives which are listed as compatible on the adorable libretto site: Seagate ST9100824A 5400RPM UK 111.60 Toshiba MK1031GAS 4200RPM UK 95.77 Fujitsu MHU2100AH 5400RPM UK 112.77 So I would be particularly interested in any good or bad experiences with any of those models... Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com
[LIB] Hard Disk activity led...
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:53:35 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Hard Disk activity led... Anyone have any idea why the hard disk activity light on libretto 100CT/110CT does not work with some hard drives?? The last two hard drive upgrades I have installed (Fujitsu 40GB and then Hitachi 80GB) have resulted in a hard disk activity light which is always lit. All of my previous drives, from the original 2GB Toshiba to an 20GB IBM DJSA-220 Travelstar work fine with the hard disk activity led. I have tried these drives in four different Librettos (2 100CT and 2 110CT) and get identical results on all. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digbyt.com
[LIB] Gentoo/which pentium?
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:10:29 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Gentoo/which pentium? Has anyone on the list tried installing gentoo linux onto a 100CT/110CT? I am about to do this, and am just wondering where the Libretto's 'Mobile Pentium MMX' comes when the available kernels for bootstrapping include: stage3-athlon-xp-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-i686-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-pentium3-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-pentium4-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-x86-2005.0.tar.bz2 I am guessing it is equivalent to one of the pentiums, most likely a pentium 3, but if not then I support x86 is the closest. Anyone know? Also, in case anyone out there has tried gentoo, what CPUFLAGS are you using? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digbyt.com
[LIB] Hard Disk activity led...
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:53:35 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Hard Disk activity led... Anyone have any idea why the hard disk activity light on libretto 100CT/110CT does not work with some hard drives?? The last two hard drive upgrades I have installed (Fujitsu 40GB and then Hitachi 80GB) have resulted in a hard disk activity light which is always lit. All of my previous drives, from the original 2GB Toshiba to an 20GB IBM DJSA-220 Travelstar work fine with the hard disk activity led. I have tried these drives in four different Librettos (2 100CT and 2 110CT) and get identical results on all. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digbyt.com
[LIB] Gentoo/which pentium?
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:10:29 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Gentoo/which pentium? Has anyone on the list tried installing gentoo linux onto a 100CT/110CT? I am about to do this, and am just wondering where the Libretto's 'Mobile Pentium MMX' comes when the available kernels for bootstrapping include: stage3-athlon-xp-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-i686-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-pentium3-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-pentium4-2005.0.tar.bz2 stage3-x86-2005.0.tar.bz2 I am guessing it is equivalent to one of the pentiums, most likely a pentium 3, but if not then I support x86 is the closest. Anyone know? Also, in case anyone out there has tried gentoo, what CPUFLAGS are you using? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digbyt.com
Re: [LIB] HD temperature
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:53:42 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] HD temperature Corrado Formicola: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 3 22:50:39 2003 > X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Envelope-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Envelope-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:19:43 -0800 > From: "Corrado Formicola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LIB] HD temperature > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Content-Length: 1145 Interesting. I hadn't realised that this sort of monitoring had been added to the drives. I did a search and a Linux equivalent with more technical background information is available at http://csl.cse.ucsc.edu/smart.shtml Regards, DigbyT > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:15:16 +0200 > From: "Corrado Formicola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: HD temperature > > Hello everyone, > I found the following utility: > HDDTemperature v.1.0, position: > > http://download.com.com/3000-2086-10164029.html > > I'm testing it in this days. Nice information of Libretto's HD temperature > in your task bar. > > Does anyone have suggestions for its border temperature setting? > > > > > Corrado Formicola > > Lucca (Italy) > > > > > > > > ** > 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 > ** > > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Floppy drives
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:06:14 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy drives Hi, Interesting - thanks. I assume that implies that this is fixed in the PA2612U device, correct? The only difference I see in fake CIS is the addition of the line "NULL 0ns, 512b" which was presumably hard wired into the Windows driver. Presumably it was initially decided that it was easier to work around it in the Windows driver and keep quiet until those annoying people that want to put a decent OS on their machines showed it up. Regards, DigbyT Christian Gennerat: > From: Christian Gennerat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy drives > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 11:17:06 +0200 > From: Christian Gennerat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy drives > > Digby Tarvin a _crit: > > >does anyone know what the difference is between a model PA2940U floppy > >drive (received with my first 100CT) and a PA2612U (with my second)? > > > There was a bug in the CIS of the PA2940U. > with Linux, we use a fake CIS. > I think that this bug has been fixed. > original CIS: > dev_info > no_info > vers_1 4.1, "Y-E DATA", "External FDD", "Controller", "2.00-2" > config base 0x07f0 mask 0x0007 last_index 0x1f > cftable_entry 0x01 [default] > [bvd] [rdybsy] > Vcc Vnom 5V Vmin 4500mV Vmax 5500mV > io 0x-0x0007 [lines=3] [8bit] > irq mask 0x [level] > fake CIS: > dev_info > NULL 0ns, 512b > vers_1 4.1, "Y-E DATA", "External FDD", "Controller", "2.00-2" > config base 0x07f0 mask 0x0007 last_index 0x1f > cftable_entry 0x01 [default] > Vcc Vnom 5V Vmin 4500mV Vmax 5500mV > io 0x-0x0007 [lines=3] [8bit] > irq mask 0x [level] > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] uk surfing
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:47:53 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] uk surfing Out of interest, any idea how easy it is to setup under Linux? If that works, I might look into it too. Regards, DigbyT > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:44:52 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LIB] uk surfing > > For surfing on your libby, i reccomend getting a mobile phone with infra red > and then gettin an O2 Pay as you go sim card, the one i have gives you 300 > free messages and 300 free data call minutes(using a particular phone > number). By using this method you get free internet acces with your > libretto!! the only draw back is that it is 9600kbps :-(. if you decide to go > for this option i will help you set it up (its really easy!) > Hope this helps > Calvin Kirk -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] W98 install CD
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 04:16:14 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: W98 install CD All, I bought my 100CT a long time ago, when it was being supplied with W95 on a stack of floppies. I have now obtained an 'official' Toshiba W98 install CD which I would like to use to put a totally standard libretto OS on the first 2GB of a 40GB hard disk (leaving the rest for a real OS). Problem is my documentation only tells me how to install from floppy, so I am not sure what Toshiba intended people do with the CD. Can anyone who has the manuals from a machine that came with the W98 CD mediase tell me what it says about OS re-install? Regardless of what it says, I am guessing that the easiest approach is going to be to boot off a floppy to do the partitioning, and them move the drive into a desktop machine to copy the cabs from the CD onto the hard disk. Or can I squeeze the necessary boot files onto a floppy to format the partition and copy the CD contents via a PCMCIA drive (which presumably would be easier to get going from a floppy boot than a PCMCIA SCSI card + CD-ROM drive)? There might also be some useful clues in the instructions about the procedure and sequence for adding in the Libretto specific drivers. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Floppy drives
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:36:52 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Floppy drives Hi, does anyone know what the difference is between a model PA2940U floppy drive (received with my first 100CT) and a PA2612U (with my second)? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] First problems to solve (100CT & Win98SE)
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 16:08:55 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] First problems to solve (100CT & Win98SE) > My first question: how is it necessary (or just convenient) to > fdisk the 10 Go IBM Travelstar I plan to use? I have read some > texts about some free space necessary, and may be two partitions > will be more easy to manage if any problem occurs? > Same question if I continue to use the original 2 Go hard disk. The easy option would be to to fdisk the drive in the libretto, which will only give you 8GB, but other than losing the last 2GB everything will work normally. Without a floppy you will have to bootstrap this process by putting a small bootable partition on the HD and booting off it to do the fdisk. After that, install the disk on your other machine and install. If you want to access the whole disk, you have to leave about 100MB unused at the end of the 8GB boundry for suspend. My preferred method is to partition the 8GB on the Libretto as before and then make it suspend to find out what part of the disk is written to. Then re-partition on another machine to add the missing space to a new partition after the hibernation area. You can probably search the archives to find other peoples measurements if you don't want to do that, but it is risky unless you find somone with an identical drive. I use Unix, which has partitioning tools to let me do this fairly easily. I don't know much about the windows world, but I would guess you will need some third party tool to do it. I'll let someone else commment on that. > My second question: how can I improve the monitor settings? > At this time, I cannot get better than 640x480 and 16 colors, > with two large black vertical unused stripes on each side. > I had no success trying to install the vide 100 driver found at > http://www.amherst.co.uk/libfiles.htm That seems to be a question of downloading and sucessfully installing the correct Libretto 100 video driver for your version of windows. If you don't get 800x480 as one of the options in the monitor setup screen in the control panel, then the driver is not installed properly. >From what I recall, there is a different driver for each different version of windows (95, 98, NT...) I'll let a Windows person comment on what might have gone wrong there for you. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] LAN cards
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:50:10 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] LAN cards Hi Neil, Great! - thanks for your suggestions. The wireless card options would have been my next question, so thanks for that as well. I think I will probably need to carry around a 10/100 card when travelling in order to make use of broadband equipped hotel rooms and office environments that don't have wireless infrastructure, but wireless at home would be great. I should have mentioned - I have two 100's (bought a second hand spare just recently) and a 110 waiting for me when I next visit the US (one of those ebay auctions that woudnt ship International, so a friend is holding it for me) so my old card won't go unused either. I havn't really looked at the wireless technology much yet. Are there competing technologies out there, or are they all inter-operable? Regards, DigbyT > > I am looking to upgrage my 10Mb PCMCIA lan card (3COM Etherlink III) with > > a 10/100 card, and would appreciate any suggestions/experiences from > > Libretto users who are running Linux. > > > > Linux drivers are a must, and one of those neat units that don't > > require a dongle (XJACK) would be good. > > Digby, > > I've had no problems with a Linksys PCMLM56 10/100 Network/56k Modem combo, > which works fine on both my 50, 70, and Portege 7020 - so it works on both > type 1 and 2 PCMCIA slots. Got it from Morgan IIRC. > > (If you have a type 2 slot (100 and later I think) I'm presently recommending > the linksys 802.11B 11Mb radio network card and base station - cost me around > $170 last week in the states. Works fine in both windows and linux (M9). > > Neil -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] LAN cards
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 05:19:27 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: LAN cards I am looking to upgrage my 10Mb PCMCIA lan card (3COM Etherlink III) with a 10/100 card, and would appreciate any suggestions/experiences from Libretto users who are running Linux. Linux drivers are a must, and one of those neat units that don't require a dongle (XJACK) would be good. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Re: L100CT vs L110CT
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:37:51 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: L100CT vs L110CT Hi David, Thanks, that it sort of what I was hoping. My current 100CT has 64MB and a 20GB disk with SuSE Linux, so I probably wouldn't need to buy anything else for the 110CT unless I wanted my current machine to operate as a fully functional backup, although that would be nice. Speed is not such a big problem for me because my desktop machine is only a 66Mhz 486 with 48MB, but under BSD Unix that works just fine, even with several people logged in at once. The only time I am really conscious of the limited performance is when I run somthing that does computationally demanding crytographic calculations such as generating keys for ssh. When I want some real processing power, I turn on my 100CT :-) But a little extra speed would be nice, so if a 110CT is essentially just a faster equivalent, it sounds like it would make sense to look at going that way. Regards, DigbyT > 1) both have two PCMCIA slots, not one. > 2) both are basically identical except for the BIOS, the CPU, and possibly > other motherboard components - but essentially, you can swap components between > the two w/o worry. > 3) both can take 9.5mm HDs - my L110 is running a 20GB 9.5mm Hitachi right now > and works fine for the past year. > 4) If you don't want to overclock, but want the 'fastest and best', the L110 is > the best choice for you. 166Mhz on the L100 is simply too slow, IMO, for > useful computing, but the 233mhz of the L110 is just fast enough that I can > easily run IE, Word, Win98, Vegas Video, MP3 etc on my L110 w/o a problem or > itch to toss it away because it was too slow. It won't be fast enough to do > very serious stuff, but fast enough that you can use it for the basics all day > long. > 5) Best things to do when you get a L110? > a) Upgrade RAM to max > b) Install new 20+GB HD > c) Use Win98 if possible, otherwise, Win2k. Smaller OSs run faster and > crisper on the L110. Bigger just slow things down too much. > d) Get any accessories you want cheap off www.ebay.com; mouse covers and > other components from www.micsol.com > > > > = > adorable toshiba libretto > The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > > ** > 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 > ** > > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 100CT vs 110CT
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:26:42 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT vs 110CT Hi David, Thanks for your comments. Are you saying that a hard drive loaded with original 100CT softare will not run on a 110CT and vice versa, or just that the installation media refuses to load on anything but the intended model? I am wondering if this is perhaps just a case of having a different BIOS, and the installation media checking that the model is the one intended and refusing to load if not. If there is a real compatability issue I would like to know what the hardware differences might be Regards, DigbyT > Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 13:33:54 -0500 > From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT vs 110CT > > Having had both, they are, and are not the same. Same case, same accessories, but > Toshiba software locked to one will not install to the other. Recovery cd are not > interchangeable, as I recall. > > David Hettel > > - Original Message - > From: Digby Tarvin > To: Libretto > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 1:28 PM > Subject: [LIB] 100CT vs 110CT > > > Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 18:23:24 + (GMT/BST) > From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: 100CT vs 110CT > > Does anyone happen to know of the top of their heads if there > is any difference between the Libretto 100CT and the 110CT other > than going from 166MHz to 266Mhz? > > I was just contemplating getting a space for my 100CT, and wondered > if a 110CT would be a better buy - which it probably would if it > were just faster but still software interchangeable. > > (I like my machines to run cool, so I am not keen on overclocking...) > > Regards, > DigbyT > -- > Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk > > > > ** > 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 > ** > > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] 100CT vs 110CT
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 18:23:24 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 100CT vs 110CT Does anyone happen to know of the top of their heads if there is any difference between the Libretto 100CT and the 110CT other than going from 166MHz to 266Mhz? I was just contemplating getting a space for my 100CT, and wondered if a 110CT would be a better buy - which it probably would if it were just faster but still software interchangeable. (I like my machines to run cool, so I am not keen on overclocking...) Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:53:39 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale Fair enough. I'll agree that lack of availability of intallation media is potential problem for anyone wanting Windows. Although I would have thought anyone no this list would be buying a second or replacement unit and hence have media. In any case, whatever the ebay unit goes for would be a reasonable metric for those of us not needing installation media. If anyone is watching the auction, please let us know what it ends up going for (to save us all watching it). Regards, DigbyT > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:12:13 -0500 > From: "Tom Wilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] 110CT For Sale > > I agree, but this one does not come with original operating system in any form > including on a cd. That means if you want an OS and don't already have one, that > cost is added on. Also, it won't have any Libretto specific drivers. You have to > get those. The one that was for sale for about $300 plus shipping is not so out of > bounds, if at all, when this is considered. > > -Original Message- > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:27:04 + (GMT/BST) > From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto #135 > > > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:39:18 -0500 > > From: "Tom Wilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [LIB] Libretto #135 > > > > I'd forget the first link too unless you want to rebuild the complete > > machine. The hard drive has been wiped. > > > > Of course, perhaps that is exactly what you want... > > > I would imagine a clean install of the OS would be the first thing > you would do with any second hand system. Otherwise who knows what > state is has been left in. In fact I would do that with a new system, > just to make sure I new how to resurrect it before I came to rely on it. > > To use it as a backup machine, I would have to replace the hard disk > if it was less than 20GB, and then just duplicate the content of > my current machine onto it. > > I don't use Windows in any case, so what is on the disk is not > going to be of much concern, except maybe to allow an initial > checkout of the hardware. > > Regards, > DigbyT > -- > Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk > > > > ** > 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 > ** > > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:23:55 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale It doesn't seem to be predictable. I have sometimes bought new stuff that has come through without any tax, and other times have had tax added to second hand goods. And it doesn't usually pay to argue with them once they decide. The only pattern I have found is that if you use a courier like UPS the chances of being hit for tax are much higher than by using USPS. But in any case, I would imagine shipping alone would be a significant fraction of $US 300.00 once it was packed well enough to survive the trip. But I am happy to be told otherwise if anyone knows of an economical method. Regards, DigbyT > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:19:55 +0900 > From: brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale > > not entirely true, I've sent some used goods to the UK and no tax was paid > apparently. please check with customs. > > regards, > -Brett -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:38:45 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale Shipping and tax would probably be the killer. I am in London, so it would probably be better for me to pick one up next time I am in the US. My last trip was about 4 weeks ago, but I don't have any new appointments yet. If you still have it next time I am over, I would be interested. Regards, DigbyT > From: "Reves, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] 110CT For Sale > > Sorry for not adding where I live,,, I live in Arizona (USA), and I figure > I just want to sell everything in one bundle. My new laptop (big heavy pig > that it is) has all the components integrated, so I don't need any of it. I > was looking at what they were selling for on EBay and figure that 300 plus > shipping is pretty reasonable? > > Mike > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Libretto #135
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:27:04 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto #135 > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:39:18 -0500 > From: "Tom Wilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] Libretto #135 > > I'd forget the first link too unless you want to rebuild the complete > machine. The hard drive has been wiped. > > Of course, perhaps that is exactly what you want... > I would imagine a clean install of the OS would be the first thing you would do with any second hand system. Otherwise who knows what state is has been left in. In fact I would do that with a new system, just to make sure I new how to resurrect it before I came to rely on it. To use it as a backup machine, I would have to replace the hard disk if it was less than 20GB, and then just duplicate the content of my current machine onto it. I don't use Windows in any case, so what is on the disk is not going to be of much concern, except maybe to allow an initial checkout of the hardware. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 16:15:34 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale I have occasionally thought that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a backup for my 100CT just in case, so I could be tempted. Any idea what sort of price you would be looking for? Also, where are you located? I don't really need the Replicators (I have both already, assuming 100CT and 110CT are interchangeable), and I have a PCMCIA LAN/Modem, though I guess if I lost my 100CT that could mean losing the cards as well... Anyway, if noone jumps in with a generous offer, keep me in mind. Regards, DigbyT > Hello everyone, > > I have a Libretto 110CT for sale. It's still runs like a champ, but does > have a dead battery. Here are the other goodies I have with it: > > Win98/Office2000pro > Both Port Repiclators (Standard and Expanded) > 56k Modem > 10mps NIC > Noteworthy 'Leather' Case > 3Com Laptop Backpack > > > Anyway, if anyone is interested, just reply back to me. I was about to sell > it off of EBay, but thought I'd offer it to the group first. > > > Mike -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Windows 2000 on Libretto 50
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:24:35 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Windows 2000 on Libretto 50 Hi Neil, I'm curious about your choice of Mandrake Linux. I originally used RedHat, but am now using SuSE, which seems to work fine, although both were a little tricky to install and I wasn't impressed by the level of knowledge of their technical support. I have been thinking of giving Debian a try, to see how the result of the non-commercial distribution model compares. I have not really looked at Mandrake. Have you any comments on the pros and cons when compared to alternative distributions? Regards, DigbyT > Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:12:05 + > From: barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Windows 2000 on Libretto 50 > > On Tuesday 26 Nov 2002 10:09 pm, you wrote: > > Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:07:08 -0500 > > From: "Computer-Guru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Windows 2000 on Libretto 50 > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > Has anyone tried installing Windows 2000 Professional on a Libretto 50? I > > have 32 megabytes of ram installed. > > > > Any hints or ideas? > > Yup - unless you don't care how fast the OS runs, don't bother :) Also, see my > earlier comments tonight about video drivers. > > More seriously: it seems to work, but it's very slow to install, slow to > start, slow to run anything. 98 2nd edition is a better choice, and depending > on your tastes, Mandrake 7.1 is better still... > > Neil -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Re: List clean up
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 00:08:48 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: List clean up > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:15:37 -0700 (PDT) > From: Christian Kuiphoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: List clean up > > I vote for putting it back. It has my vote too - I almost dumped a bunch of the recent messages along with the spam because of the missing subject insertion... DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:45:41 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool > I know this doesn't help you *now* but may I recommend to you and others > that you use different email addresses for every place thats likely to be > picked up by spammers (easiest done by registering a domain then having > @ ... yes it costs money but then so do > most decent email services now, besides think about the amount of time you > waste to spam anyway ... that's why the address I use for this list looks a > bit weird for instance) ... that way at least you know where they picked > your email address from (so you can take action) and you can disable that > account (or even better, get it to redirect back to the spammers ;-) > Actually I do do that to some extent. I use a forwarding service to forward mail to a login account on my ISPs machine, which in turn forwards it to a pop3 mailbox which my home machine polls on connecting to the net. So I should expect most spam to come via the same route if my address were harvested from my net activity. Or alternatively try to route straight back to my machine if they ignore the Reply-To line. But 80% of the spam goes to the un-published and un-used (except by the forwarding service) ISP addresses. This could imply the forwarders list was compromised, but I also get spam direct to my pop3 account, which is only referenced in the .forward on my IPS login account, so that suggests someone is getting lists from ISPs > >Most people seem to think setting up filters is the best way to handle > >spammers, but that seems a bit irresponsible to me, as having all the > >knowlegeable users hiding behind filters just leaves the > >nieve net users at the mercy of the crooks. > > I guess you could say that but you could also extend this to saying that > putting a burglar alarm on your house is irresponsible because it > encourages burglars to ignore your house and go for your neighbor. Now that > filters are so easy to set, filtering email clients so widely used and that > most ISPs have tutorials on the subject I think we could use filters with a > clear conscience ;-) I don't think it is purely a knowledge/expertise issue. For those of us on a dial up line that have to pay for connect time or amounts of data transferred, there is no advantage in filtering out the spam once it gets on our machines - we have already paid for the transfer by then. And what is particularly annoying is the fact that while the proportion of spam vs real mail is about 50/50, the spam messages are typically about 10 times larger because they are filled with all the HTML dross that so appeals to advertisers.. If I had an ADSL connection at home, this would not be such a problem, but it would still irk me that so much of the nets bandwidth was being soaked up by these bozos, and if nobody bothers to report the open relays, there will be nothing to keep the bad guys in check.. As far a burglar alarms are concerned, I take your point, but I have always felt that it is better to use a silent alarm designed to catch the thief than simply trying to look like a less appealing target than your neighbour. Of course if I could get away with it, I would go for the bear trap style of anti-burglary devices... Besides, I think a better analogy would be putting in soundproofing so you don't get disturbed by the screams of people being mugged outside. Those that can setup filters are not in any danger of being taken in by any of the scams - for them it is just an annoyance. What I find incomprehensible is the pre-occupation of the authorities with censoring the net to stop people having access to things that it is demeed they shouldn't have access to, but there is no concern about predators that actively practice fraud and deception. > >I sometimes think it would be worth buying one of these email lists > >that are constantly being advertised (obviously with my name on the > >list, so that more people can spam me...), and using it to send details > >of the spammer to everyone on the list. Given that the premise of > >spam is that if you send a scam message to a large enough group > >of people, even a small percentage of suckers out there to make you > >some serious money - I think I could similarly count on the small > >percentage that are homicidal psychotics so that the spammer would > >make Osama Binladen look like a good insurance risk > > Good idea but the problem is many spammers spoof their email addresses > (I've had that happen before when trying to report them myself) ... you end > up taking action against someone who had nothing to do with the spam and > THAT can get you into an awful lot of trouble. If what I hear is correct, > companies ha
Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:27:07 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool My address has been misappropriated by the same sort of 'pondscum' of late, which I must say annoys me even more than the scum that keep filling my mailbox with garbage. I thought perhaps it might be because I try to be conscientious about reporting spammers to their ISPs and administrators of sites being used to relay spam - no doubt some of the reports end up in the hands of the spammers themselves, so I thought it might be an attempt at revenge by some of them. Most people seem to think setting up filters is the best way to handle spammers, but that seems a bit irresponsible to me, as having all the knowlegeable users hiding behind filters just leaves the nieve net users at the mercy of the crooks. I sometimes think it would be worth buying one of these email lists that are constantly being advertised (obviously with my name on the list, so that more people can spam me...), and using it to send details of the spammer to everyone on the list. Given that the premise of spam is that if you send a scam message to a large enough group of people, even a small percentage of suckers out there to make you some serious money - I think I could similarly count on the small percentage that are homicidal psychotics so that the spammer would make Osama Binladen look like a good insurance risk Plus it would be the perfect crime for whoever did it. Can you imagine the poor homicide detectice being handed the list of people with a motive... Regards, DigbyT neil barnes: > >You know, for things like this, I'm a big propponent of finding > >the culprit and publicly flogging them, then taking all of their > >computer equipment. > > > >sorry, this is one of my sore spots. > > Ah, I had something a little less extreme - maybe bastinado while suspended > in shark-infested water? > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Apple QuickTime movie file (moov)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 21:01:37 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Apple QuickTime movie file (moov) Just wondering if anyone has come across any software that will play this file format under Linux on a 100CT? xanim bails out after reporting: XAnim Rev 2.80.2 BETA by Mark Podlipec Copyright (C) 1991-2000. All Rights Reserved Video Codec: Unknown SVQ3(53565133) not yet supported.(E18) Unknown(and unsupported) Audio Codec: QDM2(0x51444d32). Notice: Video and Audio are present, but not yet supported Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Toshiba 2GB PCMCIA
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 20:49:00 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Toshiba 2GB PCMCIA Has anyone else who has bought one of those 2Gb Toshiba PCMCIA drives being sold by morgan computers for UK 82.24 investigated the interesting warnings about partitioning/formatting in the documentation? I am refering to the bit on page 14 that says Windows 95 and 98 contain FDISK.EXE, a tool used to manage disk partitions. Do not, under any circumstances, use this tool. Doing so may create errors in your PC's ability to accurately recognise the disk capacity of the Mobile Hard Disk Drive and, thereby, prevent the drive from operating properly. When you have 2 or more partitions, please do not format any of them. Otherwise data on all partitions will be lost. It goes on to give an address on Toshibas web site for a 'PCCINIT.EXE' which must be used if re-partitioning or re-formating is required. Sounds suspiciously like this is obfuscated windows speak for something along the lines of FDISK being unable to determine the capacity accurately and that rather than fix this, a special version of FDISK is supplied with appropriate values hard wired in. It seems to work fine mounting the FAT16 partition with which it is factory initialised, under BSD or Linux, but of course I wouldn't want to be stuck with that. The pre-existing FDISK partition seems to define the following geometry: Heads: 64 Sectors/Track: 63 Cylinders: 975 Total Sectors: 3931200 Probing the hardware (using BSD Unix tools) returns Heads: 16 Sectors/Track: 63 Cylinders: 3900 Total Sectors: 3931200 There is an odd warning generated by BSD Unix when starting up, as follows: wd2 at wdc1 drive 0: sec/int=4 3931200*512 wd2: sector size (0) must be >= 512 Linux reports hdc: 3931200 sectors (2013 MB) w/212KiB Cache, CHS=3900/16/63 hdc: [PTBL] [975/64/63] hdc1 which seems to agree with what BSD found. I can't see anything there that would confuse a non-windows disk partitioner. Any ideas on anthing else I should check before trying to put an EXT2 partition on the thing?? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Info about the keyboard and mouse ports ... IT
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:40:19 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Info about the keyboard and mouse ports ... IT I came in a little late on this thread also, so appologies if this has already been asked, but why not just use a PS/2 Y adapter if you want external keyboard and mouse simultaneously on a 100CT? I bought one at the same time I bought my Libretto, and have been using external keyboard and mouse ever since whenever I am using the machine at home. The only odd thing I have never been able to explain is that it only works properly if I plug the mouse into the socket labelled 'keyboard' and the keyboard has to go into the mouse socket.. Regards, DigbyT > >As usual, I've missed the root of another thread. But I've become curious > >at this point. I'm wondering why you're wiring up your L100's MB and > >running them out through the IR window to run an external PS/2 mouse and > >keyboard. Why no use the EPR? > > The problem with the EPR is that its got a lot of functionality that I > won't use on a daily basis and its really too big to carry around in my > backpack when I'm at uni ... as I got the libby second hand, I didn't get a > docking bar with it so this was the next best alternative. I can carry a > little mouse around quite easily and my next project is a serial to PS/2 > converter using a 16F84 so I can use my Palm folding keyboard with my libby > for when I need to take notes ... -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 20:50:28 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb > > > >I measured the hibernation start as 8,373,335,040 on my 100CT, but the > >BIOS may be holding back a little more for some reason. Probably rounding > >to the nearest cylinder boundry according the the mapped geometry > >(multiple of 16065 sectors). Of course aligning to virtual cylinder > >boundries is completely pointless, but that is Microsoft for you.. > > Why do we keep talking about the 8GB boundary? Its the 1024 cylinder > boundary, it just so happens that most of the drives have the same number > of bytes per cylinder. Problem is you'll get bitten if you come across some > other drive with a different config that you're not aware of. Much safer > IMHO to just partition based on the cylinders (use Linux FDISK/CFDISK or > *gasp* Partition Magic if you want). Note that cylinder 1024 isn't the > limit of where you want to partition, its more like cylinder 1013 > (remember, the libretto can only SEE up to 1024 natively so it'll shove its > hibernation junk just before it). Perhaps a search of this list for the > numbers 1013 and 1014 will turn up some more info ... Not really. The DJSA-220 has a physical geometry of 16 heads and 63 sectors/track. A 1024 cylinder limit would cut you off at at around 500MB. To get around this, the BIOS uses a 'mapped' geometry of 255 heads, 63 sectors per track and 1024 cylinders - the limit imposed on all three quantities by the original IDE hardware interface. Thus the BIOS limit is 1024x255x63x512 = 8,422,686,720 regardless of the geometry of the drive. In the case of the DJSA-220 this gives access to the first 16383 cylinders out of a total of 38760. The drive actually has '16383 cylinders' printed on the label, indicating what the BIOS will see. > >You don't have to reserve space for the hibernation partion if using > >windows FDISK. It gets the drive size from the BIOS, which automatically > >subtracts what it needs. > > GAH! NO NO NO NO! ABSOLUPTLY NOT! > > Definitely not if you're using an overlay, otherwise I've had weird > problems with that on my 20 gig drive. I think its a combination of the > fact that booted into a DOS boot disk without overlay only sees 8 gig and > the fact that the Libby's BIOS by itself only seeing 1024 cylinders then > trying to figure out what to do with hibernation. Play it safe, do it > properly. You can't do it properly without fixing the BIOS. Anything else is a kludge, and can't be more than an educated guess which you need to confirm by forcing a hibernate and confirming that it goes where you expected What I was refering to was booting using booting the W95 that came with the machine and using the supplied FDISK. Not overlay, no third party tools, no alternate operating system. It then appears to treats it like an 8GB drive and leaves the hibernation space that would be appropriate for that circumstance. I have never used an overlay, because there is no way I would want to waste more the 8GB on Windows. > >That is the advantage of doing the FDISK on > >the Libretto rather than on a desktop. In fact it reserves 64M for > >hibernation, and an additional 12GB out of stupidity. > > Heh .. there's Windows for you. I just use Windows FDISK to create a 6 gig > partition (ie. well away from the hibernation partition, assuming 1024 > cylinders is around 8 gig) then use Partition Magic or Linux FDISK/CFDISK > to do the exact partitioning around the hibernation area (where you can see > and/or work in terms of cylinders). Or at least in multiples of 16065 sectors - not really cylinders. > >The point where you have to be careful is when you use a more powerful > >os which knows about the entire disk to allocate the space on the > >other side of the hibernation area. > > Umm ... you've lost me. My install of Win98SE on my libby can see the > partition that goes from the 18 gig to the 20 gig mark on my hard drive ... > I mean DOS FDISK lets you partition up to 8GB minus a bit. You can then use Linux FDISK etc to partition from the other side of the hibernation area (8GB plus a bit) to the end of the disk. In practice. having identified the where the BIOS thinks the disk ends, you probably want re-partition on both sides of the hibernation area. In my case, having used the second fdisk partition to determine the end of the disk as far as the BIOS is concerned, I booted Linux, removed the second partition and then created two more primary partitions within the 8GB area, and an extended partiton that went to the end of the disk. Then create logical drives, one of which straddles the hibernation a
Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 10:21:47 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb Hmm, I make 7,978MB = 8,365,539,328 which sounds close enough to me... (you do know 1GB is not 1000 MB right??? ) I measured the hibernation start as 8,373,335,040 on my 100CT, but the BIOS may be holding back a little more for some reason. Probably rounding to the nearest cylinder boundry according the the mapped geometry (multiple of 16065 sectors). Of course aligning to virtual cylinder boundries is completely pointless, but that is Microsoft for you.. You don't have to reserve space for the hibernation partion if using windows FDISK. It gets the drive size from the BIOS, which automatically subtracts what it needs. That is the advantage of doing the FDISK on the Libretto rather than on a desktop. In fact it reserves 64M for hibernation, and an additional 12GB out of stupidity. The point where you have to be careful is when you use a more powerful os which knows about the entire disk to allocate the space on the other side of the hibernation area. Don't know about the 1137MB limit. Did you enable support for large disks when starting FDISK? Regards, DigbyT P.S. You didn't mention which Libretto you have - they may behave slightly differently. > Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 05:44:35 + > From: "Cerulean Skies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb > > So I'm finally taking the big step and am in the process of upgrading my HD > to a 20GB one. I'm following some advice I saw on the list a while ago, > using a windows boot disk's fdisk to partition out the first 8.4 minus > hibernation space, and a second hibernation partition, then use a disk > manager to partition the rest. However, when I tried to fdisk, it can only > see 7978 MB, and will only let me parition 1137 MB. Any ideas as to why? > I'm using a Win95 OSR2 boot disk, my BIOS hasn't been upgraded (it's still > 6.40), the HD is an IBM-DJSA-220. > > Shultz -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..?
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:20:31 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..? Hi, > Paul Bristow: > I had exactly the same symptoms under Linux. I gave up on the EPR in > the end. Good job I got it for $19. Thanks for your comment. At least it is nice to know that it isn't peculiar to my machine, so I won't worry about it too much. Havn't tried the hibernate under Linux - I booted the original Windows95 in order to try it. I usually prefer to reboot when running Unix. In any case, I am unlikely to want to keep turning it on and off unless I am on battery, in which case I won't have the EPR connected. So it isn't a big issue as far as using the EPR. I find it useful to be able to put the libretto in my bag without have to remove cables and pack up the power adapter first. With the extra PCMCIA ports, the USB and the (unexpected) spare power adapter/mains cables, I was very happy with my US$19.00 value ;-) Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Phantom disks resolved.
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:30:57 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Phantom disks resolved. Thanks to all that offered suggestions. I managed to juggle my partitions (using Linux fdisk) without having to re-install anything, and created a Windows (FAT) partition as the first logical drive in the extended partition. As soon as I removed (or at least, changed the type) of the second FAT primary partition, the phantom drives went away, and when I formatted the D: drive in the extended partition, both Linux and Windows95 could see it just fine. The problem would appear to be that Windows gets confused when there is more than 1 primary FAT partition. The suggestions regarding hiding partitions would probably have worked also, but I really wanted to be able to copy data between the two, so that wouldn't have helped me much. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..?
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:23:21 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..? Hi, > > Never had any trouble with my Win2000 installation. My L100 works in > standby/resume mode all the time. > I was using the original Windows95 that came with the Libretto. Presumably as someone else mentioned having the same problem with Linux, there must be a BIOS problem which Win2000 presumably avoids by doing things itself... Guess I just make a point of not hibernating on the EPR. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..?
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:53:37 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 100CT Replicator + suspend..? I don't use the hibernate option very much, so this may well be a problem which has always existed - but I just tried it in order to check my HD partitioning to make sure nothing valuable is being over-written, and it didn't start up properly... What I did was boot Windows and select 'suspend', the familair image of a disk being saved appeard on the screen, and the system turned off normally. Then when I re-activated it, the disk filling up image appeared as normal, then the screen went blank, and nothing I had to kill the power with the lid button, after which it did a cold start without so much as a scan of the disk... I tried again after un-docking from the EPR, and it worked normally. Anyone else come across this before? I had no USB or PCMCIA devices in the EPR for the test. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] display brightness
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:26:19 +0100 (GMT/BST)
From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness
> >
> >Dunno about an SDK but you might want to look to the Linux community and
> >see if you can find some bits of source code that might help ... IIRC it IS
> >possible to get Linux to control APM such that you CAN get some control of
> >the backlight (at least I remember reading something to that effect on a
> >webpage somewhere when I was looking for how to get Linux working on my
> >L50) ...
>
> There's some windows code in Xin's pages (www.fixup.net) that I believe
> controls the backlight all the way (IIRC). Somewhere around on the net
> there's a listing of the bios calls for toshiba power control, too.
It works out of the box with what is supplied with the SuSE 7.3 distribution:
digbyt@voyager:/home/digbyt> man -k libretto
libapm (1) - TOSHIBA Libretto BIOS Setup Program
voyager:/home/digbyt # libapm
Power Management for Libretto V1.0beta5
+---+
| 0) Power-up Mode : Boot|
| 1) Standby Time : ** (Unknown)|
| 2) System Auto Off: Disabled|
| 3) Panel Power On/Off : ** (Disabled) |
| 4) Alarm Power On : Disabled|
| 5) LCD Power : 3 |
| 6) Volume : mid |
| 7) Off (Suspend/Hiber): Suspend |
+---+
voyager:/home/digbyt # man libapm
libapm(l) libapm(l)
NAME
libapm - TOSHIBA Libretto BIOS Setup Program
SYNOPSIS
libapm {-v,--Version} {-h,--Help}
libapm {-P,--PowerUp (boot,hibernation)} {-T,--StandbyTime
(0,5,10,15,30,45,60)} {-a,--AutoOff (disÂ
able,10,20,30,40,50,60)} {-S,--PanelSwitch (disÂ
able,enable)} {-A,--PowerOn (disable,)} {-L,--LcdÂ
Power (0,1,2,3)} {-V,--Volume (0,1,2,3)} {-O,--Off (susÂ
pend|hibernation)}
DESCRIPTION
libapm configures the setting of Toshiba Libretto.
Changes are done immediately and rebooting is not necceÂ
sary.
OPTIONS
-P,--PowerUp (boot,hibernation)
sets the Hibernation function. If hibernation is
specified, the hibernation function is enabled. If
boot is specified, it is disabled.
-T,--StandbyTime (0,5,10,15,30,45,60)
sets the Standby time. If the Stanby time is specÂ
ified, the power is not cut after hibernation for
that time in order to resume quickly from hibernaÂ
tion. You can select the time from 0, 5, 10, 15,
30, 45, 60 minutes. This function is valid if the
hibernation function is enabled.
-a,--AutoOff (disable,10,20,30,40,50,60)
sets the time to the Auto Power Off. You can
select the time from disable, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50,
60 minutes. This function is valid if the hibernaÂ
tion function is enabled.
-S,--PanelSwitch (disable,enable)
sets the Panel Switch funtion. If enabled, hibernaÂ
tion is done by closing the panel and vice versa.
This function is valid if the hibernation function
is enabled.
-A,--PowerOn (disable,)
sets the Power On timer. The format of the
is hh:mm. If time is specified, power is automatiÂ
cally turned on at the time.
-L,--LcdPower (0,1,2,3)
sets the brightness of the LCD. 0 is the darkest
and 3 is the brightest.
-V,--Volume (0,1,2,3)
sets the volume of beep sound. 0 is off, 1 is minÂ
imum and 3 is maximum.
-O,--Off (suspend|hibernation)
sets the suspend/hibernation mode. (100CT Only)
-v,--Version
displays the version of this program.
-h,--Help
displays the simple usage.
BUGS
Completely no warranty. It may or may not contain any
bugs. Operation on the machines but Toshiba Libretto is
uncertain. A part of function might work on Toshiba's
other notebook machines. You must have root privilege to
run this program.
AUTHORS
V1.0 Mr. M. Iizuka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Original
program Mr. Nomura ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): SMI
patches Ishioka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Minor fixes and documentation
--
Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk
Re: [LIB] Phantom disks??
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:06:05 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Phantom disks?? Just to clarify, any reference I have made to a Windows extended partition was in addition to a primary partition. There is certainly no problem creating a D: drive in the extended partion - indeed that is the only way to create a second windows drive on a single disk. If that didnt work, there would be no point in windows FDISK knowing about extended partitions at all. In my experience, Windows FDISK will only boot from a primary partition, and windows FDISK will not create more than one per drive. On the other hand, if you create two or three primary FAT partitions using a third party partitioning program, windows can be installed on more than one, and will boot to whichever is active. The active partition (1 2 or 3) will always be assigned the drive letter C:, with (I think) D: going to the first extended FAT partition. I have, however, not ruled out the possibilility that the phantom drive phenomenon is the result of Windows getting confused at seeing multiple primary FATS and no extended FAT... Regards, DigbyT Raymond: > > > >>>I wonder if there's any relevance in the fact that you have the extended > >>>partition set as bootable/active? Windows is unhappy about anything > >>>other than the first partition set as bootable, maybe changing that will > >>>alter things? > > > >>Ooh Ooh Ooh this has caused me problems in the past ... maybe thats it? > > > >Yeah... At one time I was told to put Windows on first primary partition, > >definately not on an extended one. You guys have said you, or others have > >put Windows on primary partitions further along without problems though, yes? > > Without weirdo software (which often does strange things anyway) you can't > have Win9x/ME running on anything other than the first partition of the > boot drive. Linux, NT, 2k, XP, they're all fine wherever you put them (as > long as they're configured right). > > > - Raymond > P.S. I'm running a bit behind on the list, apologies if I'm answering > questions that have already been answered! > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] (Re)Installation...
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:39:26 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: (Re)Installation... Further to my 'Phantom disk' thread, I am starting to resign myself to the need to regard the first run through as a test install, and wipe everything and try the partitioning again.. :-/ Most of that is just a lot of time consuming work to go through the same procedures again as I did the first time, But there are two issues which are still unresolved problems which I would like to try and sort out before I start. The fist is I think it would be prudent to attempt to backup my Linux install on to tape or some other media, and re-install onto the new partitions from backup. Whilst I havn't invested much time in the system yet, and could restore from original CDs more easily, I think it a good idea to verify that a backup strategy works, incuding re-install on a 'wiped' disk, before it is really needed. For the first time I tried makeing all of my Linux filesystems except the root a Reiser filesystem, as it is supposed to be in some ways better (any comments?) but it does seem to have one problem - dump(1) does not work on it. I guess Linux expects 'tar' to be used for dumps. I guess the re-install from backups is going to involve creating a 'linux boot' directory on the windows partition again to bootstrap me into a postition where I can create the partitions and restore them from the backups. Anyone had a go at this before and care to offer some tips? The second problem is copying the Windows partition from my old (4GB) drive. There is a bit of a history to this which I outlined some time ago, but briefly: a/ When I furst got my new Libretto, the first thing I wanted to do was re-partition the hard disk and put a useful OS on it. In adddition, I don't really like pre-installed OSs, because it makes me uneasy knowing that I havn't proved that I can re-install from scratch if the need arises. So I had quick play to familiarise my system, not caring too much about what I did because I was going to re-install anyway, then used the Microsoft backup software to make a backup of my disk, as well as doing a file-by-file copy over Samba, repartitioned the disk with fdisk, and then proceeded to re-install from the supplied floppies... Needless to say, it didn't work. The instructions in the 100CT manual referred to disks I didn't have, and didn't refer to some of the disks I did have. After installing the base Windows95 system from the floppies (a tedious process) I never sucessed in finding a way to install the remaining Toshiba drivers etc that would reproduce the original install. I always ended up without CAB files or the PCMCIA wouldn't work right, etc... To I tried re-installing from my Microsoft Backup, and surprise surprise, it didn't work. It went all the way through to the end, then came up with an error message saying that something went wrong and please try again... :-/ I have since been told by people familiar with Windows that you don't use Microsoft's bundled backup software. In the end, I managed to get the original software running by installing from the backup as far as it would go, then copying the missing files from my file-by-file backup. The most important of the omissions being the registry. Since then I have re-installed windows on a new disk by creating an empty partition and then using Unix and 'dd' to write the raw image, which works fine when I keep the partition size identical, but now I wish to increase the windows partition size from 800M to 1.5Gb, Any Suggestions? Is there a way to backup Windows onto some other media, and then re-install into some new partition? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Phantom disks??
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 05:57:02 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Phantom disks?? > > > >The final curiosity is that Windows tells me the extended partition is > >completely empty. If doesn't show the Linux partitions as non-DOS as > >I would have expected, but appears not to be able to see them at all. > > Usually seems to show them as empty but won't allow you to erase it on the > grounds that it isn't. I've had to use linux fdisk (or friends) to erase an > 83 partition before now, and micro~01 is very unhappy about formatting a > partition it didn't fdisk (e.g. linux fdisk two partitions, the first one a > bootable vfat and the second a linux 83, then ask windows to format the > first. It stomps the second...) Yes, I had discovered that before. I generally make sure I create each partition with the operating system that is going to live in it. Hope you are right about windows not letting me create anything in the extended partition which it shows as empty. However I am not really game to try it. > >I suspect if I asked it to make a logical DOS drive, it would happily > >do so, overwriting the Linux partitions. Clearly there is some > >compatibility > >problem between Windows and Liniux created extended partitions which > >means that if I wanted a Windows partition, I would have had to have > >created that first in the extended drive. > > Yes, in windows/dos. > > > > >So the puzzle I have is - why is Windows showing the extra drive, and > >where abouts on the disk is it??? Is there any way to find out what is > >happening without destroying some other part of the disk? > > > > It might be worth reading the MBR and the volume boot records that define > the partitions with a hex disc editor - but I bet it'll make headaches :) I have done that, and went to the extend of writing my own bit of code to parse all the partition information. This is the output: rover:/home/digbyt/boot # ./bootinfo [BANY] Master Boot Record : [MWIN] Part 0: 00 01-000-01 06 fe-0c2-3f 003f-002fcd02 (DOS 16-bit >=32) [BSDI] Part 1: 00 00-0c3-01 9f fe-185-3f 002fcd03-005f9a05 (BSD/OS) [MWIN] Part 2: 00 00-186-01 06 fe-247-3f 005f9a06-008f2847 (DOS 16-bit >=32) [LILO] Part 3: 80 00-248-01 0f fe-3ff-3f 008f2848-0154bbed (Win95 Extended) Master Boot Record :008f2848 [LILO] Part 0: 00 01-248-01 83 fe-258-3f 003f-00042ad0 (Linux native) Part 1: 00 00-259-01 05 fe-264-3f 00042ad1-00071bdc (Extended) Master Boot Record 00042ad1:008f2848 Part 0: 00 01-259-01 82 fe-264-3f 003f-0002f10b (Linux swap) Part 1: 00 00-265-01 05 fe-2a6-3f 00071bdd-0017499e (Extended) Master Boot Record 00071bdd:008f2848 Part 0: 00 01-265-01 83 fe-2a6-3f 003f-00102dc1 (Linux native) Part 1: 00 00-2a7-01 05 fe-3ac-3f 0017499f-00578324 (Extended) Master Boot Record 0017499f:008f2848 Part 0: 00 01-2a7-01 83 fe-3ac-3f 003f-00403985 (Linux native) Part 1: 00 00-3ad-01 05 fe-3f9-3f 00578325-006a6331 (Extended) Master Boot Record 00578325:008f2848 Part 0: 00 01-3ad-01 83 fe-3f9-3f 003f-0012e00c (Linux native) Part 1: 00 00-3fa-01 05 fe-3ff-3f 006a6332-006cd6bb (Extended) Master Boot Record 006a6332:008f2848 Part 0: 00 01-3fa-01 2a fe-3ff-3f 003f-00027389 Part 1: 00 fe-3ff-3f 05 fe-3ff-3f 006cd6bc-00ad1041 (Extended) Master Boot Record 006cd6bc:008f2848 Part 0: 00 fe-3ff-3f 83 fe-3ff-3f 003f-00403985 (Linux native) Part 1: 00 fe-3ff-3f 05 fe-3ff-3f 00ad1042-014d228e (Extended) Master Boot Record 00ad1042:008f2848 Part 0: 00 fe-3ff-3f 83 fe-3ff-3f 003f-00a0124c (Linux native) Part 1: 00 fe-3ff-3f 05 fe-3ff-3f 014d228f-01c4c276 (Extended) Master Boot Record 014d228f:008f2848 Part 0: 00 fe-3ff-3f 83 fe-3ff-3f 003f-00779fe7 (Linux native) I did create the extended partition under Windows, and then populate it using Linux, knowing that Windows was more likely to get things wrong if they were not as expected. However I see from my program dump above that this has resulted in the extended partition nominally finishing at the 8GB boundry. Linux seems to have happily ignored that, presumably it uses the linear addresses and ignores the head/cylinder/sector stuff which is invalid after 8GB :-/ > > I wonder if there's any relevance in the fact that you have the extended > partition set as bootable/active? Windows is unhappy about anything other > than the first partition set as bootable, maybe changing that will alter > things? No - that is not it. The 'BOOTANY' boot manager I am using always leaves the partition you booted from marked as active. So had I booted Windows, the windows pa
Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 05:39:39 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance Thanks for the pointer Neil. The EPR is definately worth while for anybody that doesn't have one at that price. I picked mine up cheap from Toshiba in the US a couple of months ago. The 2GB PCMCIA certainly looks interesting - I think I might have a look at one of those. Anybody know if the wireless lan card works with Linux on the Libretto? Regards, DigbyT > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: UK libretto options stock clearance > > Just received the flier from Morgan Computers (www.morgancomputers.co.uk) > with lots of Tosh offers, including: > > o libretto carry case for 50/70 TCC150L #19.99 > o battery charger adapter PA2504UY #4.99 > o 10MB network card TPCENET #9.99 > o libretto battery charger PA2499UE #29.99 > o mini cardstation for l50/70 PA2718U #39.99 (aka enhanced port replicator) > o 8MB upgrade for lib 50/70 PA2055U #4.99 (hey, if you can't get hold of a > 16M, it's got to help!) > > Also in the general flier bit, > > o 2GB tosh type 2 pcmcia hard drive #69.99 > o tosh 11Mb wireless pcmcia network card #59.99 > > Don't forget to add VAT at 17.5% in the UK or EU. > > Any UK people missing stuff... enjoy. I've nothing but praise for Morgans. > > Neil > > _ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > ** > 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 > ** > > > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Phantom disks??
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:37:39 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Phantom disks?? I am looking for some advice from any Windows experts out there that think they can explain a mysterious phenomenon I am seeing on My Libretto 100CT. I have partitioned my hard disk (IBM 20GB) with 3 primary partitions of about 1.5GB each, and the remainder in a Linux extended partion. My intention was to have the original Toshiba Windows95 in the first partition, BSD Unix in the second (BSD needs a primary partition which it sub-divides into its own partitions), the third partition reserved for any other OS I want to run that needs a primary partition (eg NT, OS-9000) etc. The problem is that when I installed Windows on the first partition, it seemed to think that I had two additional drives (partitions) available. I had expected one additional drive, because partition 3 is currently of type FAT32, but it sees drives C:, D: and E:?? I formatted drive D under Windows, assuming it to be partition 3, and that seemed to work fine. However when I used Linux to copy my old Windows partition from another disk onto /dev/hda3 (third partition) Windows saw the data appear in drive E:, and attempts to boot from the third partion resulted in a message that it was not bootable. I then copied the same image to partition 1 and it booted fine. So Partition E: is what Linux sees and partition 3, but windows FDISK tells me that drive D: is the third partition and makes no mention of a drive E: The final curiosity is that Windows tells me the extended partition is completely empty. If doesn't show the Linux partitions as non-DOS as I would have expected, but appears not to be able to see them at all. I suspect if I asked it to make a logical DOS drive, it would happily do so, overwriting the Linux partitions. Clearly there is some compatibility problem between Windows and Liniux created extended partitions which means that if I wanted a Windows partition, I would have had to have created that first in the extended drive. So the puzzle I have is - why is Windows showing the extra drive, and where abouts on the disk is it??? Is there any way to find out what is happening without destroying some other part of the disk? Any guesses? Here is how Linux sees my partitioning: rover:/home/digbyt/boot # fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2432 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 195 1566306b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 196 390 1566306 9f BSD/OS /dev/hda3 390 584 1558336+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda4 * 585 1390 6474195f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 585 601136521 83 Linux /dev/hda6 602 613 96358+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 614 679530113+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 680 941 2104483+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 942 1018618471 83 Linux /dev/hda10 1019 1028 80293+ 2a Unknown /dev/hda11 1029 1290 2104483+ 83 Linux /dev/hda12 1291 1943 5245191 83 Linux /dev/hda13 1944 2431 3919828+ 83 Linux -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:40:35 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance Could be just me, but I couldn't find any reference to these items on their web site. At least the 'Toshiba Accessories - Bargains' showed up emtpy. Did they have any 100CT batteries? Curiously, I got a flyer from Toshiba a while back advertising a bunch of '50% off' accessories, including Libretto. www.computers.tochiba.co.uk Not as good as neil's prices, but apparently still reduced, in case Morgan are sold out of what you want. For comparison, their offerings in the 100CT category include External FDD 55.00 PA2940U Libretto Carry Case 45.00 TCC150L Hardware Anti-Theft Alarm 25.00 TP03ALM001 GSM Upgrade Kit (Nokia 2110 & compatible phones) 85.00 TP07GUN211 GSM Upgrade Kit (Nokia 5110/6110 & compatible phones) 60.00 TP09GUN611 Advanced Mobile Comms Soln (Nokia 2110 & compatible phones) 90.00 TP09MCS211 Battery Charger 45.00 PA2499UE Spare AC Adaptor 55.00 PA2501UE Battery Pack (Lithium Ion) 45.00 PA2502UR High Capacity Battery Pack (Lithium Ion) 45.00 PA2503UR Battery Charger Adaptor 15.00 PA2504UY Power Cord 5.00 PWRCORD3M In Car/Air Adaptor 65.00 TP09ICA003 DigbyT neil barnes: > > Just received the flier from Morgan Computers (www.morgancomputers.co.uk) > with lots of Tosh offers, including: > > o libretto carry case for 50/70 TCC150L #19.99 > o battery charger adapter PA2504UY #4.99 > o 10MB network card TPCENET #9.99 > o libretto battery charger PA2499UE #29.99 > o mini cardstation for l50/70 PA2718U #39.99 (aka enhanced port replicator) > o 8MB upgrade for lib 50/70 PA2055U #4.99 (hey, if you can't get hold of a > 16M, it's got to help!) > > Also in the general flier bit, > > o 2GB tosh type 2 pcmcia hard drive #69.99 > o tosh 11Mb wireless pcmcia network card #59.99 > > Don't forget to add VAT at 17.5% in the UK or EU. > > Any UK people missing stuff... enjoy. I've nothing but praise for Morgans. > > Neil > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Linux FDD
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 01:49:31 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Linux FDD Another question before I have a look at it myself: Has anyone tried getting the driver for the Libretto PCMCIA floppy drive to work on kernel 2.4.10 or similar? How about 100CT FIR ? Anywone else tried SuSE 7.3? What other distributions are popular, and what are the good and bad points foind? I think we have occasionally had polls of operating system types on the list, but I don't recall a breakdown of which Linux distributions are in use. I would be interested in knowing what other people are using. and what hardware they have gotten working, and what hardware is working. Here is my contribution so far. I could give a detailed step-by-step procedure if anyone wants it, although I suspect a lot things have been gone over before... Old Distribution: Red Hat 5.2 Installation method:Floppy Boot, PLIP Network install Disk: Toshiba MK4309MAT 4327MB Current Distribution: SuSE Linux 7.3 Installation method:Hard disk boot, SCSI CD install Disk: IBM-DJSA-220 20GB Harware that worked 'out of the box' SCSI: Adaptec PCMCIA 152x working LAN:3COM 3c563 - working Modem: 3COM 3c563 - works on RH5.2, not yet tested SuSE graphics: Xaccel laptop server (commercial Linux X server) Audio: 3.8.2-980706 (ALSA v0.5.11 emulation code) manual installation, record function not yet tested. FIR:untried Floppy: not yet tried Enhanced Replicator:USB recognised by system, but havn't tested. Other comments: The automatic setup for SuSE resulted in an XF86 install which accepted 800x480 as a resolution, but when booted was 800x600 with only 800x480 visible, which was hard to use. I didn't spend time trying to get 800x480 working properly as Xaccel installed and worked very easily. Although I havn't yet worked out how to get 1024x768 on an external monitor. comes with 'libapm - TOSHIBA Libretto BIOS Setup Program' which seems to work well out of the box. I used a dedicated logical drive to hide the hibernation area on the 20GB drive as follows: major minor #blocks name 3 0 19535040 hda 3 11566306 hda1 Windows 3 21566306 hda2 BSD/OS 3 31558336 hda3 Spare 3 4 1 hda4 EXT 3 5 136521 hda5 / 3 6 96358 hda6 swap 3 7 530113 hda7 /var 3 82104483 hda8 /opt 3 9 618471 hda9 /home 310 80293 hda10 hibernation 3112104483 hda11 /local 3125245191 hda12 /use 3133919828 hda13 spare Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
[LIB] Linux sound
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:04:01 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Linux sound I have just gone through the process of installing SuSE Linux 7.3 onto a 20GB hard drive, and am trying to figure out if I have configured the audio hardware optimally. The YaST2 automatic installation/configuration tool did not seem at all up to the task, and failed to configure any hardware even in manual mode when I tried to spell out what it should find.. The 'alsaconf' utility was much more sucessful, and one I told it to search for 'legacy ISA' hardware, it actually succeeded in locating it even correctly assigned the interrupt level, and played the standard test audio. Now I am wondering if someone who is more familiar with sound hardware on PCs, and the Libretto in particular, can advise me what to look for to see if I have everything configured optimally. Here is what 'aplay' reports seeing: /proc/asound> aplay -l Yamaha OPL3-SA3: 1 [card1] / #0: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 Directions: playback capture duplex Playback subdevices: 1 Capture subdevices: 1 Playback subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Capture subdevice #0: subdevice #0 And /proc/asound/sndstat gives /proc/asound> cat sndstat Sound Driver:3.8.2-980706 (ALSA v0.5.11 emulation code) Kernel: Linux rover 2.4.10-4GB #1 Fri Sep 28 17:20:21 GMT 2001 i586 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 at 0x370, irq 5, dma 1&0 Audio devices: 0: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (DUPLEX) Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: 0: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 I am guessing that the 'NOT ENABLED' lines indicate something that wasn't enabled by the config program, but I am not sure if there was a reason for that, or if Libretto has the necessary hardware which will not be used until some more configuration is done. Can anyone explain the organization of the sound hardware on the Libretto, and how things like 'FM Synthesis', 3D sound support and MIDI fit in with a straight forward AD and DA converter which presumably all that is necessary to play basic/record linearly sampled audio? For comparison, here is what 'aplay' reports on the same version of Linux installed on a desktop. There seems to be a lot more there, but I don't know that the effect is. Sound Blaster Live!: 1 [card1] / #0: EMU10K1 Directions: playback capture duplex Playback subdevices: 32 Capture subdevices: 1 Playback subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Playback subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Playback subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Playback subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Playback subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Playback subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Playback subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Playback subdevice #7: subdevice #7 Playback subdevice #8: subdevice #8 Playback subdevice #9: subdevice #9 Playback subdevice #10: subdevice #10 Playback subdevice #11: subdevice #11 Playback subdevice #12: subdevice #12 Playback subdevice #13: subdevice #13 Playback subdevice #14: subdevice #14 Playback subdevice #15: subdevice #15 Playback subdevice #16: subdevice #16 Playback subdevice #17: subdevice #17 Playback subdevice #18: subdevice #18 Playback subdevice #19: subdevice #19 Playback subdevice #20: subdevice #20 Playback subdevice #21: subdevice #21 Playback subdevice #22: subdevice #22 Playback subdevice #23: subdevice #23 Playback subdevice #24: subdevice #24 Playback subdevice #25: subdevice #25 Playback subdevice #26: subdevice #26 Playback subdevice #27: subdevice #27 Playback subdevice #28: subdevice #28 Playback subdevice #29: subdevice #29 Playback subdevice #30: subdevice #30 Playback subdevice #31: subdevice #31 Capture subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Sound Blaster Live!: 1 [card1] / #1: EMU10K1 MIC Directions: capture Playback subdevices: 0 Capture subdevices: 1 Capture subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Sound Blaster Live!: 1 [card1] / #2: EMU10K1 EFX Directions: capture Playback subdevices: 0 Capture subdevices: 1 Capture subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ***
Re: [LIB] SPAM ugh...
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:30:07 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] SPAM ugh... In my opinion the only safe way to read e-mail is with a mail client, not a web browser. Anytime I am in a situation where I am away from home and have to use a Windows machine to read my mail, I *never* open a message from anyone I do not know. I currently use 'elm' though I know it is a bit antiquated, running on BSD Unix. I still get tons of spam, but at least I know it can't do any harm. What I would like to do is find a way of rejecting all messages that are in HTML, as 99.9% of the HTML e-mail I get is SPAM - and the remainder should know better.. Currently about 30% of the messages I am receiving in my mailbox are SPAM, and as the average size of this HTML rubbish is ten times the size of legitimate mail messages, that is an infuriatingly low signal to noise ratio -if my maths is not too rusty, that is about 80% of the data received is rubbish :-/ ... Also, there has been mention on another mailing list I subscribe to, of a change of policy at yahoo.com such that they now sell e-mail addresses to third parties (ie spammers). Anyone using yahoo might want to check their current policy documents... Does the 'news.admin.net-abuse.email' group have a mailing list feed? Regards, DigbyT Lou S: > Subject: Re: [LIB] SPAM ugh... [snip] > Just reading a spam can tell the spammer all he needs to know. I read none > of the garbage that comes in. I block everything by domain name if possible > but never actually read the spam itself. If the spammer includes a command > in the email that tells your browser to go to their Web site to download a > jpeg file that wasn't in the email they sent you, they can place a code in > that jpeg request so they know it came from a specific email address which > will tell them that your email address is active = lots more spam because > they can now sell your address as "active" to other lusers of society > (spammers). > > The nice people on news.admin.net-abuse.email can better explain spamming to > you, they make an art out of killing spammers accounts, and they're pretty > good at it too. Spammers hate news.admin.net-abuse.email > > If your email account is strictly for the libretto server, then filter mail > based on the [LIB] which appears in the subject line of mail from the > server. Tell it to only accept mail with "[LIB]" in the subject line, > nothing else will get through. -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] solid state disk
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:16:57 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk I looked at using PCMCIA flash drives as in place of removable hard disks as removable media some time back. I was using SyQuest 88Mb SCSI drives, which are no longer produced and it was hard to find internally mountable removable SCSI devices. Size wasn't a big issue, as it was for a system running OS-9 (a real time system, not to be confused with MacOS 9) which needs about 20Mb for a full development system... I think the show stopper for the flash option was the limited number of rewrites that each block could take. I think it was in the hundreds, or at best thousands, which might be OK for a seldom modified root partition, but not so good for inodes and super blocks, or worse still systems which use bitmap sectors for managing free space... Anyone know that the specs are like on this for current devices, and how it compares, say, to re-writeable CD media? Regards, DigbyT Tom Dixon: > > Is anyone running solid state disk on a libretto? > > With Sandisk coming out with a 1Gig compactflash card next year, and > compactflash -> 2.5 IDE Adapters available, it seems like I could run with no > moving parts. Sounds tempting. Then I could keep the libby in the truck and > it wouldn't mind the cold in Colorado ( i think ). > > While 1G is not a lot of disk space, being conservative (running UNIX...) I > could live with that. > > Plus, the bonus of it being faster wouldn't hurt. > > -tom -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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. 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 **
Re: [LIB] Hi
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:55:46 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Hi Seems to be identified by my scanners as a 'WORM_GONE.A' virus, whatever that is. On Unix it just wastes space in my mailbox. Guess those lucky windows users get a bit more excitement out of it Regards, DigbyT > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:17:21 -0500 > From: "Jon C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Hi > > Okay.. > > Anyone wanna guess on how many more of these "Hi" emails we've going to > get? > > And what exactly is "in a HARRY??!!". > > Jon C -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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. 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 **
Re: Libretto Accessory Clearance
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:06:11 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto Accessory Clearance > > Toshiba has some accessories on clearance. > > PA2719U Toshiba Libretto Enhanced Port Replicator(Was $439. SAVE $420!!!) > $19.00 > PA2504U Toshiba Battery Charger Adapter (Was $55. SAVE $46!!!) $9.00 > PA2499U Toshiba Battery Pack Recharger(Was $199. SAVE $190!!!) $9.00 > > Arnold Milstein > Director ACGNJ (Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey) > Hmm, good prices. But you didn't mention where they are being advertised. Is there a URL? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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... **
IE Reinstall [OT]
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:57:51 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IE Reinstall [OT] Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but this is the only list I am on with a fair number of knowledgable Windows users on it... I had discarded IE from a W98 desktop as I normally use netscape, but now I need to put it back for someone. It seems to be something of a special case, as deleting it from one 'users' desktop removes it from all desktops, and as I recall there was some message about it not being possible to put it in the recycle bin. Anyone know if a way to re-install IE without a re-install of the OS? Thanks, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Earphone and Headphone jacks on 100CT
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:33:05 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Earphone and Headphone jacks on 100CT > Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 15:22:25 -0400 > From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Earphone and Headphone jacks on 100CT > > didnt the Libretto come with one in the box, or was that US models only? > > Ken I can vouch for them being supplied with UK 100CT models - two supplied, one for input, one for out. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 02:31:25 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s) > > > >If Unix can see the disk, but the BIOS can't, even with a different > >disk installed, then you could either try re-installing the BIOS, > >or toss windows altogether and stick with Linux - though you > >would have to floppy boot. You could still run Windows under > >VmWare if you need it. > > Well, I'm open to suggestions, but I've never used UNIX, or any of it's > flavors, but I rather suspect that even that O/S could not force the > Libretto to take its blindfolds off and "see" that there really is a HD > fitted. I reckon that there is some circuitry that has failed - a > flip/flop device of some sort that isn't flipping or flopping when it ought > when a HD is/is not installed. > > It is a stupid situation, in many years of computing I've never before seen > a BIOS that I couldn't set the HD params to some crazy figures, or add > non-existing HD's if I was silly enough to want to try! Damn these Jap > designers! > Sounds like you have ruled out the hard disk as the source of the problem - either due to failure of the hardware, or the BSOD writing something unsociable to it. That leaves either somethine goofy written to NVRAM somewhere, or hardware failure on the motherboard. I doubt that there is any fancy ciruitry for 'searching' for a hard disk. Most likely the three minute delay before booting from the floppy is the BIOS trying unsucessfully to talk to the disk via its HD interface, and on failing, assuming that no disk is present. The BIOS is probably just trying to be smart in refusing to let you say a disk is present when it can see nothing is responding on the disk interface. It makes no sense to flag a disk as present when it isn't, although it might make sense to say no disk is present when there is... So my guess would be that if you did use a Unix boot and look at the diagnostics, it would show that no disk is present regardless of what the BIOS is doing.. Also, as you were tinkering with hardware when things stopped working, that increases the chances that hardware damage occured. I would look closely at the areas involved. It is always possible that inserting and removing the PCMCIA cards left a bent bin, maybe shorting an interrupt line etc, which could have the effect of killing the HD transfers. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:13:42 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s) Are you absolutely sure that your Windows BSOD was not a result of a hard disk or other hardware failure? I would do the following: Boot a version of Unix from floppy, and use the autodetect diagnostics (which don't use the BIOS) to see if the disk hardware is working. If it is, either there is something wrong with your BIOS, or something written to your disks which convinces the BIOS to ignore it. In either case, try and borrow another hard disk so see if you have a failed disk, in which case your remedy is obvious - buy a new one. They are very cheap. If Unix can see the disk, but the BIOS can't, even with a different disk installed, then you could either try re-installing the BIOS, or toss windows altogether and stick with Linux - though you would have to floppy boot. You could still run Windows under VmWare if you need it. Finally, if it is some other hardware fault, your motherboard is probably shot and your only hope is Toshiba Japan - but the cost will probably be prohibitive so it would probably be better to look for a replacement on e-bay or some other second hand source. Regards, DigbyT Anthony Green: > From daemon Thu May 31 16:50:05 2001 > X-Envelope-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 08:35:16 -0700 > From: Anthony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s) > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (16) > X-Priority: 1 (Highest) > Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 23:31:21 +0800 (HKT) > From: Anthony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s) > > 31-05-01 @ 23:32 > > I've a now useless Libretto 30 : > > I wrote & FAXed the following to : Toshiba Japan from my home in Hong Kong. > > I've edited it a bit before send in it to you for any thoughts / possible > fixes : > > Reference Libretto CT30 - serial number 11621803 > > The Libretto has a fault - it will NOT detect that any Hard Disk is > inserted. This happened immediately after Win98 crashed with "blue screen > of death". The computer checks the RAM, and then does nothing at all for > several minutes before looking for the Floppy Drive. > > I have done several tests before taking it to Chevalier, your Hong Kong > distributor - and they confirm that they can not get it to "find" any Hard > Disk inserted into the computer, and the BIOS screen can not be changed to > show a Hard Disk is there. > > Chevalier can not try to repair it since they have never handled this model > and have no spare parts. [It was a "grey market" import] > > I suppose that *only* your repair shop in Japan could fix it, or is there > anything I (an electronics engineer) can do to repair it here? > > My Libretto is a treasured friend - I don't want to have to buy a > competitor's portable, so PLEASE RESPOND PROMPTLY. > > I **NOW add the following :- > > Since it seems remarkably stupid to have made this computer **HAVE** to > detect the presence of a Hard Disk - whoever heard of a portable computer > being sold WITHOUT a Hard Disk being installed - *AND* have the BIOS > option of booting from Floppy *OR* HD, the circuit designer ought to get > castigated for this ridiculous situation! > > NOW : Is there any way of FORCING the BIOS / Computer to recognise that a > HD **IS** fitted - even if this means soldering a wire from one point to > another? > > As an Electronics Engineer, that is something I am perfectly capable, and > equipped to do - if I am provided with the correct information and circuit > diagram and a picture of the physical layout of this computer showing what > link(s) I would need to make / break. > > Just because of the stupidity of the original designer, an otherwise > excellent portable - which I have used extensively for storing digital > camera pictures on my travels - is NOW totally UNUSABLE. > > I'm taking a trip in three weeks time, and really **NEED** an urgent fix > for this computer. > > Tonight I received this rather unhelpful response out'a Toshiba Japan : > > (again, edited lightly for brevity). > > Thank you for using our product and also sending us a letter regarding > repair of Libretto 30CT. > > I am afraid that you PC is Japanese domestic model ( officially sold in > Japanese market only) and
Re: Preferred version of Linux on 110?
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:44:20 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Preferred version of Linux on 110? RedHat (5.2) was the first package I installed on my Libretto, and I must say that I was less than impressed. The installation method was very clumsy, and when ever I called their helpdesk for advice, there was always some reason why they wouldn't support the machine I was using. The policy seems to be 'if it didn't work, we don't support it'. I think if you manage to get the box open by youself, you are already ahead of most people on their help desk... For the record, I eventually managed to get it installed on my libretto by installing it on a desktop machine first, and then using a parallel port based IP connection and did a network install. I could not use my PCMCIA LAN or SCSI card, as access to any PCMCIA peripheral required modules to be read of a second floppy - and as the floppy drive itself is PCMCIA on the libretto I now have SUSE, although I have also heard good things about Mandrake. I havn't needed to try the SUSE support yet. As far as I know, they are all based on the same core stuff - the choice of distribution is mostly a choice of support, packaging and installation facilities (and probably price).. > Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:47:34 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Preferred version of Linux on 110? > > Doesn't matter one bit as they'll all run and install on your Libretto. > > However, RedHat is always a 'solid' choice given that there's always some port > available for anything new out. > > My own preference is for SUSE, but only because they had a 'nice' install back > in version 5.x for booting from a DOS partition directory install. For the > most part however, most modern versions of Linux have gotten so good, they > pretty much just install and go (at least for me). > > which means that when you encounter any trouble, expect to learn lots of Linux, > on the other hand.. > > d =) > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 15:47:59 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! > > > > Mine was also bought in the UK. Perhaps it is a problem > > specific to the UK model?? Does any other region use the > > 'shift 3' = pound sign keyboard convention?? > > That would be the normal place for a # key in the US. Perhaps > you may want to try the normal or default layout English US? > The English keyboard has '#' on the right most key above the enter key. Ie shift-# gives you a tilde. The pound sign is indeed where hash is located on a US keyboard, which can be confusing given that some misguided souls are in the habit of calling a hash a 'pound sign'.. I don't know what they call an actual 'pound sign'. I prefer the US layout personally, as it seems like a terrible waste to devote a key (even a shifted one) to a local currency symbol. Shift-4 is ok, because '$' is useful for expanding environment variables and denoting hexadecimal constants in assembly language, amoungst other things. The fact that it is displayed as an Australian currency symbol is entirely unimportant most of the time... I suppose European keyboards going to spring up with a Euro symbol somewhere now?? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:48:17 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:56:05 +0100 > From: "George Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! > > I am UK resident. Mine was also bought in the UK. Perhaps it is a problem specific to the UK model?? Does any other region use the 'shift 3' = pound sign keyboard convention?? > By thw way I have new problem now - see my post regards > autoexec.bat/config.sys... > Mine are no longer pristine - I had already played with the system to check it out, with the intention of doing a clean re-install before any serious use. Consequently I think Windows is still officially registered to Heinrich Himmler... AUTOEXEC.BAT seems to contain nothing but REM'd factory installation instructions, plus what I have added. For what it is worth, they contain the following on my system: AUTOEXEC.BAT: >REM [Header] >@ECHO OFF > > > > >REM [CD-ROM Drive] > >REM MSCDEX.EXE /D:OEMCD001 /L:Z > >REM [Display] > >REM MODE CON: COLS=80 LINES=25 > >REM [Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card] > >REM SOUNDTST.COM > >REM [Mouse] > >REM MOUSE.COM > >REM [Miscellaneous] > >REM FACTORY.COM > >SET PATH=D:\GNAT\BIN >@SET CLASSPATH=D:\HP\PHOTOD~1\ADOBEC~1 CONFIG.SYS >REM [Header] >FILES=20 >BUFFERS=20 >DOS=HIGH,UMB > > >REM [SCSI Controllers] > >REM DEVICE=SCSI.SYS > >REM [CD-ROM Drive] > >REM DEVICE=CDROM.SYS /D:OEMCD001 > >REM [Display] > >DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\PANNING.SYS > >REM DEVICE=DISPLAY.SYS > >REM [Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card] > >REM DEVICE=SOUND.SYS > >REM [Mouse] > >REM DEVICE=MOUSE.SYS > >REM -- > >REM [Miscellaneous] > >REM DEVICE=SMARTDRV.EXE > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Members: List problems
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:09:38 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Members: List problems Fortunately my normal mail reader is not quite as crippled as Neil's hotmail account. Normally what stuffs me up with filtering on the 'To' field is the messages sent to a particular message originater and 'CC'd to the list. I hadn't noticed before, but the Libretto list messages seem to be pretty free of this problem, so the strategy may well work for me - at least for this list. However I still only actually see the 'To' field when looking at my list of messages, so it is not always easy to tell which messages are from the list when browsing. Consequently, I have always found that of the lists I subscribe to, the ones that include a short 4-5 character tag in the subject line are the most convenient for me. Regards, DigbyT neil barnes: > To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Members: List problems > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 12:43:21 > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Members: List problems > > Jon, > > That's a pain in the rear for my hotmail account which is so irretrievably > brain-dead that it can't filter on 'reply-to' or 'to' ... using [lib] in the > subject doesn't work either - it has to be in the name or from field. > Thanks, MS > > Neil > > p.s. I didn't like mebing a memeber so I changed it :) > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems > >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 05:33:18 -0700 > > > >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:26:37 -0400 > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems > > > >Quickie follow up: > > > >Aren't all the emails via the mailing list sent > >to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? You could the use Ken's idea below to > >filter on that.. > > > >Jon C > > > > > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:10:17 -0400 > > > From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List > >problems > > > > > > Can't your mailer filter based on sender? Just have it direct email > >off to > > > well-named folders, like Libretto, or LibList, or other such... > > > > > > Just a thought, > > > > > > Ken > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "Digby Tarvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 7:13 AM > > > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List > >problems > > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 07:58:06 +0100 (GMT/BST) > > > > From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List > >problems > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If anyone has any suggestions on things that are needed let > >me know. > > > > > I have been thinking about putting a note in the subject line > >like > > > > > (Libretto) so that it will be easy for people to pick out the > >posts. > > > > > Any thoughts on this? > > > > > > > > > I for one would really appreciate something in the subject line to > > > > help me sort and file the Libretto posts. How about '[lib]', as > > > > 'libretto' is probably longer than it needs to be, and we don't > > > > want to take too much space from the subject line > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > DigbyT > > > > -- > > > > Digby R. S. Tarvin > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > > > > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > > > > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > > > >
Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 07:58:06 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems > > If anyone has any suggestions on things that are needed let me know. > I have been thinking about putting a note in the subject line like > (Libretto) so that it will be easy for people to pick out the posts. > Any thoughts on this? > I for one would really appreciate something in the subject line to help me sort and file the Libretto posts. How about '[lib]', as 'libretto' is probably longer than it needs to be, and we don't want to take too much space from the subject line Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:37:56 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! Hello George, Yours seems like a familiar story. I sounds like you received the same (useless) package with your 100CT as I did. Out of curiosity, when and in which country did you purchase your 100CT? Most other people I have spoken to received a CD rather than the stack of floppies. I have a long standing gripe with pre-installed operating systems on computers - not just because it colludes with an obnoxious monopoly, but also means that users get no experience in installing the system until after they have created lots of precious data, and usually no longer under warranty support from the manufacturer. In any case, I decided to re-install windows on my 100CT soon after buying it, so that I could re-partition the hard drive to make room for other operating systems, and also so I could confirm that my installation media was ok. I took the precaution of backing up my original system using the Microsoft backup utility, and as an additional precaution (as I don't really truct Microsoft software) made a file by file backup over the network to a Unix machine. After repartitioning, I carried out the installation and encountered similar problems to those you described. The supplied media did not really match what was described in the instruction manual, so it was largely trial and error. As one piece of hardware was gotten working, another stopped. And I never found any way to reproduce the CAB files to as to prevent floppy disks being asked for during later installations I eventually gave up and resigned myself to the fact that the only way to get the machine back to its original functionality was to re-install from my backups. Needless to say, the Microsoft utility failed to complete a restore from the backup. At the end of the lengthy procedure, it would print some error about something having\ gone wrong, and tell me to try again. And of course doing so always produced the same result. I eventually managed to re-create my original system by replacing the files lost by Microsft Backup from my file by file backup. I reported this problem several times to the Toshiba helpline, and never got a reply. (except one reply to a message I sent to their e-mail support address, telling me they were not ready to supply support yet). I primarily use Unix, so I did not feel it was worth spending more than six months tying to sort out that installation problem, so gave up at that point. I hope you have more luck. I don't think it is too hard to get back to a usable system. I just thought it was pretty poor that there was no way to get back to the way it was originally shipped. Regards, DigbyT P.S. out of interest - how many people out there on the list received a 100CT with the stack of floppies as installation media? How many tried to use them? Anyone sucessfully? > Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:27 + > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! > > Lib100CT/Win95 > > Have reformatted and appear to have successfully reinstalled Windows > 95 via the 22 floppies included with the device... however I need > help with following: > > 1. Tosh Handbook refers to CAB file installation on section 2-14 of > handbook - but have followed procedure using the first of the windows > disks but does not work. > > 2. Need assistance with the other Toshiba disks... have installed the > user guide and accessory disk but how do I install the other disks? I > appear to have installed the Yamaha drivers but it is showing as > conflicting with Soundblaster in device manager - do i just remove it > from hardware profile?? The NeoMagic drivers apear to have gone in > ok. > > Maybe someone could mail me a phone number as a short dialogue would > probably save me hundreds of postings here! > > George > > > > > ** > 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... > ** > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gt
Re: X on Libretto (OS=Linux)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:02:50 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: X on Libretto (OS=Linux) I am more familiar with BSD than Linux, but I would have thought idle services would only effect swap utilization and not memory? That was certainly how it was intended to function. Any running but inactive program (such as a getty than has not been logged in on) gets 'swapped', and so only consumes disk space and a process table entry. Inetd is even more efficient, in that services it provides do not even take up swap space unless invoked by a client. And by using tcpd as a wrapped around services, you get better security than just running the service directly. As far as I know, the only real cost is a slight increase in latency in responding to requests, and the fact that inetd itself must take up some swap space or memory. Of course where inetd is a security concern is where people use default configurations that leave un-necessary or poorly configured services enabled. I run Linux on a 100CT with 64 Mb of ram, using the Accelerated-X XServer, and it runs fine. I even ran for a couple of months on 32Mb when my ram expansion came loose, and didn't notice. As far as I can see, if the machine can run Windows, then any reasonable version of Unix should run fine. The only resource that I am constantly short of is disk space, but that is partly because there is so much free software out there, and my desire to hold all the source. For the record, the machine I am typing at now, which is my main BSD multi-user office machine, is a 66MHz 486 with 32MB ram - and about 80GB of disk: BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 Kernel #0: Thu Sep 24 12:59:15 GMT/BST 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOCALSCON cpu = 80486 (about 50 MHz) model 3, stepping 5, type 0, features 3 delay multiplier 848 real mem = 33554432 (32.00 MB) avail mem = 31154176 (29.71 MB) buffer cache = 3190784 (3.04 MB) Regards, DigbyT > I have found that I am able to run Mozilla, and a fair amount of GNOME > software on my 32Mb Libretto 50 (with a pretty sizeable swap partition, > admittedly) with pretty good performance. So, I wouldn't say that you > have to be _too_ minimal to run Linux on a Libby. I do try and save > memory by running only one or two gettys, and _very_ few network servers > (asmutils httpd, runs in 16kb; sshd; very little else). > > Linux is surprisingly lean when you trim the amount of crap it runs. > Beware default installs of RedHat, SuSE, maybe other distros which run a > whole bunch of unnecessary services. Also note that super-servers such > as inetd which run other services are pretty much frowned-upon > security-wise nowadays, so by not running them you are both saving > memory and plugging security holes. > -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: The large disk question...
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:10:24 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The large disk question... Hi Neil, > > Are you in a position to do the same thing on a CT50, before you fill your > disk up? (I'd do it myself, but I only have 6G so the point is moot...) > Well, I don't have a CT50, so I was about to say no. But seeing as we both frequent the BBC we could always try it on yours before I fill the disk - if you were keen. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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... **
The large disk question...
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:00:06 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The large disk question... For anyone who is interested, I have now picked up a 20GB hard disk try upgrade my 100CT, and have done some experimenting to see exactly what happens with hibernation. The following are my results after a couple of hours of testing, and may be BIOS version dependant. My Libretto still has the original version 6.50 bios that it came with. The disk drive is an IBM DJSA-220 Travelstar ATA/IDE. The nominal capacity is 20GB, although for some mysterious reason the label on the drive indicates: 16383CYL, 16HEADS, 63SEC/T which according to my calculations corresponds to only 8GB. Perhaps this is just documenting what capacity will be seen by crippled Microsoft systems Probing the drive revealed an actual geometry of 38760CYL, 16HEADS, 63SEC/T which I calculate to equal a real capacity of 20,003,880,960 bytes. I then created three partitions as follows: first a 1GB partition in which to re-install Toshiba's W95, and then a 2GB partition for BSD Unix, and the balance in a scratch partition. I then booted Unix and ran a small program to ppatternize the third partition, then booted windows to initiate a hibernation, and back to Unix run another program to search the disk for sectors that have been written to. The scan program prints a message at the start and end of any sequence of non-patterned data, and reported the following: Start Data: 1F316F400 (8373335040) = sector 16,354,170 End Data: 1F337F000 (8375496704) Start Data: 1F3386C00 (8375528448) End Data: 1F7366200 (8442503680) = sector 16,489,265 Start Data: 4A8518600 (20003784192) END OF PARTITION at 4a853 (20003880960) This seems reasonable, with the memory image written near what would be the end of an 8GB disk, and occupying about 64MB. Interestingly, the first time I ran the test it only occupied about 32MB of disk space. Up until that point I had not noticed that my memory expansion had stopped working. I reseated it and re-booted and I was back to the 64MB that I should have had. I interpret the small patternised region from 8375496704 to 8375496704 in the middle of the region to be the buffer used by my program to patternise the disk which was still in RAM when the hibernation took place. Specifically, the size of the changed region was 8442503680-8373335040 = 69,168,640 (66MB) And was 159,894 sectors (81,865,728 bytes = 2,538 tracks) from what the BIOS presumably thought to be the end of the disk. This is a whole number of tracks, which is encouraging, but I don't see an obvious reason for the exact size of the region. It seems about 14Mb bigger than it needs to be. Perhaps there are other things than normal memory to store, such as the content of the video memory. Assuming that the drive geometry used by the BIOS is based on the FDISK labels 'large disk' convolutions, ie 63 sectors per track, 255 heads, 1024 cylinders, the start of the save area corresponds to the start of cylinder 1018, which is good because the start of a logical cylinder sounds a lot less arbitrary. The total space allocated would correspond to what the BIOS thinks is the last 6 cylinders on the disk. I havn't really investigated the 96,768 bytes of non-pattern data at the end of the disk, but it seems to be a difference between the the end of the last FDISK partition (which for safety I used for writing) and the end of the raw disk (which I used for reading). For completeness, here is the disk partitioning I used for the test: 8 partitions: #size offsetfstype [fsize bsize cpg] a:49581 21045154.2BSD 1024 819216 # (Cyl. 2087*- 2136*) b: 196560 2154096 swap# (Cyl. 2137 - 2331) c: 390700800unused0 0 # (Cyl.0 - 38759) d: 2104452 63 MSDOS# (Cyl.0*- 2087*) e: 32772411 62974804.2BSD0 0 0 # (Cyl. 6247*- 38759*) h: 3946320 23506564.2BSD 1024 819216 # (Cyl. 2332 - 6246) FDISK table: #size offset scyl shd ssc ecyl ehd esctype 1: 2104452 630 1 1 130 254 63 0x0b # (OTHER) *2: 4192965 2104515 131 0 1 391 254 63 0x9f # (BSDI) 3: 32756535 6297480 392 0 1 1023 254 63 0x9f # (BSDI) 4:000 0 00 0 0 0x00 # (Unused) Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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 PRO
Large hard disks...
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 06:50:51 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Large hard disks... This probably qualifies as a FAQ, but given the rapid change in technology, any archived response is probably out of date... Can anyone advise which large capacity hard disks are known to work (and also importantly, which are known *not* to work) in the Libretto (100CT)? Is there an up-to-date list on a web site somewhere? I am looking to replace my current 4GB drive with the largest replacement I can find. Thanks, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:32:27 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk > > 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. > What I plan to do (and the only safe method I can think of), is to create a small Unix partition at the start of the disk, write a bit code to fill the rest of the disk with a known byte pattern, then run a similar bit of code to report the range of physical addresses that have been changed after a hibernate. It won't be quick, but it should answer the question once and for all. If anyone has found a good place to buy a 20G drive in the UK (or has found a good mail-order place that ships internationally), please let me know and I will do the test... Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Screen hangs when typing BIOS password: CMOS battery?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:33:17 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Screen hangs when typing BIOS password: CMOS battery? > Second question: > About two or three weeks ago, the ordinary battery died and I didn't > change it, as I worked only at home. I read somewhere on the Web, that > the main battery also feeds the CMOS battery and keeps it healthy. > Is that true? In my experience with other computers, NVRAM goes flat faster when the machines have no power. Desktops don't run on battery, so for them that means when they are turned off. It seems to make sense, as that is when they would be drawing power. My main battery went flat about a year ago, and as I very rarely use the Libretto on battery, I have not replaced it. (I have a new battery, but I don't put it in the machine, because I don't want another battery to exhaust its recharge cycle limit before I get to use it...). So far, I have never had a problem with my CMOS battery. Of course I never bother disconnecting it from the mains, even when turned off, except when moving the machine, so I suspect that is as good as having a battery in place. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: other OS's
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:21:35 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: other OS's >I've just had a Libretto 50 dropped in my lap because its previous owner >found it too slow. While I agree that 75Mhz and 16 Mb of RAM isn't state of >the art, I hate the idea of pitching such a cool tool. > >My question is thus; what other OS's are out there that can run on this >limited muscle (Win98 WinNT WinCE RedHat BEOS)? Most people from the MS world are amazed at how much more powerful their existing hardware seems when they run Unix on it. For what its worth, my old (pre-Libretto) Toshiba 1850C laptop, with 386, 4MB ram and 120MB hard disk is running BSD Unix just fine. The disk is too small to load all the utilities I want, and the screen is a bit small for X, but the 4MB ram and 386 processor have never been a problem. >Next, I'm curious about people's experience with specific MS OS's. I want >to be practical about this and want to use this to supplement my office >computer. I doubt that I will be able to convince my employer to change all >of our computers to Linux! The only reason I can think of for loading MS OSs is compatibility with commercial software packages. I have tried W95, W98, W2K and NT4, and my experience is as follows: Windows95. Probably my preferred option (and the only MS OS my Libretto is currently setup to boot (though I have a spare HD with NT and BSD packed away somewhere). Most things run on it, and it does all I need. Windows98. Hate it. Ignoring the extra disk and memory demands, I find it a complete backward step from 95. It maybe just me, but the idea of trying to build system tools from a web browser interface seems unatural, wastes screen space, and is ugly. I can't help feeling that it was just a cynical ploy to help justify the bundling of IE so that they could bankrupt Netscape. NT4. A little slow, but more robust than the previous two. Probably a better option if you want to do software development. However, unfortunately, it has compatibility problems with a lot of poorly written legacy (and even some recent) software, which is I guess why it has never caught on. It is also quite a lot more memory hungry. W2K. Combines the worst of the the others. Ok, not quite. But it has NT4's problems running games and a lot of other software. My impression of it is that Microsoft have just changed the name of 'NT' to 'Windows' as a way to force people (who always seem to want to run the latest versions for some reason...) to use the software they spent so much money developing. WinCE. I have not used this, and don't intend to. I have heard bad things about it from others - the consensus seems to be that it was well named :-) I have settled on the W95 that my machine came with. The suspend/resume gives me close enough to an instant power on for my needs, and it can run anything that I need to use that isn't available on Linux or BSD. So in summary, my suggestion would be to upgrade the disk drive if necessary, and dual boot 95 and either FreeBSD or Linux. -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Killer scientific calculator emulator
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:02:36 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Killer scientific calculator emulator > > So now I'm a confirmed HP head...with an 11C on my desk that is still on the > original batteries from 1985 or so, and the added advantage that no-one > *ever* borrows it more than once, after they discover there is no '=' key! Good to hear Neil, But surely no self-respecting engineer would be seen dead with an '=' key! Those infix toys are for managers and accountants (and backward school children). The only down side with the more modern HPs is that they no longer seem to come with those handy cover loops which let you wear them on your belt :-( Assuming that people that use respectable calculators also use respectable operating systems, 'xcalc -rpn' gives you an HP-10C in X-Windows. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: sceptre SoundxPC
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:55:36 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: sceptre SoundxPC [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Oh yes - While I'm at it, how about a computer smaller than the L50, with a PIII >750MHZ chip, 128M RAM and a 12G hard drive? All sounds good, except that it lacks a >screen and a keyboard and only runs on mains. Still - nice size. > > www.sceptre.com/Products/ePC/SoundxPC.htm LCD screen, integral keyboard and battery are only marginally important to me, for the occasional time I want to do an hour or two of work during a long haul flight. I mostly use my libretto in hotel rooms and customer sites, when I usually can borrow a decent screen and keyboard to plug in anyway. The ideal for me would be just a network interface, and to have hotels etc routinely make x-terminals available, so I could take my familiar computing environment with me with minimum weight but without compromising on ergonomics. If you really want small, have a look at the 'matchbox' PC on http://www.tiqit.com/ They even have one running Linux online that you can log into: skaro:/usr/home/digbyt> ssh -l guest www2.tiqit.com No mail. The available commands are: cd, date, df, dmesg, du, exit, ifconfig, logout, last, ls, more, ps, pwd, route, top, uptime, users, w, who, whoami To see this list again just hit return Inactivity autologout set to 2 minutes bailey% ls bin dev fd0 lib mnt proc sbin uvar boot etc home lost+found opt root tmp usr bailey% etc... Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on.
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:55:54 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. > > I replaced the original Win95 OS with Win98 (98Lite) and converted to > FAT32. All Toshiba utility and driver files were loaded. Everything > works well except for one thing. When I shut down Win98 it shuts down > the computer but like it did before but the Off/On Led does not go > off. Only if I then press the Power button for 4-5 Seconds will the > Off/On LED go off. I have had an identical thing happen to my L100CT last night. Except in my case I am running the original W95 that came pre-installed. It only happens occasionally, however, and I believe it is a symtom of some application or driver not terminating properly. Once I eventually get it to shutdown, it has always come back and worked properly after the next try. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Repair my Lib50
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 06:46:07 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Repair my Lib50 > > As it happens, that one was off an english keyboard...I have on uk and one > us keyboard on working machines and (I'll probably get sacked for this) I > reckon the us keyboard is better on the lib - the uk has too many keys on > the bottom row and I keep missing the damn space bar! > Here here! I quite agree. Not only is the space bar way too small, but I prefer the US layout anyway. '#' is an important key used for shell comments, C pre-processor directives and all sorts of other things. Moving it for a useless pound symbol (which I almost never use, as tex requires '\pound' to insert the appropriate symbol into a document) is pure idiocy. I have long since resigned myself to using the US keymap settings and just ignoring the printing on the key caps, even though it does occasionally get confusing. But the alternative was confusing anyway when I plugged in an external keyboard - all of which are US style. Keyboards layout is definately one of the few items where I prefer the US convention to that of the UK, Pity the standard '$' wasn't adopted as the symbol for the Euro, which might have alleviated some the the keyboard confusion, rather than giving us another key that no doubt will find its way onto European keyboars. Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand all seem to use the same symbol (and the name 'dollar') without any resultant confusion. And the word 'dollar' originated in Europe anyway. Of course my other gripe is the proliferation of barnacles in the form of microsoft specific keys that are creeping onto current keyboards. The keyboard I usually carry with me when travelling with my libretto is http://www.pfuca.com/products/hhkb/hhkbindex.html If anyone canibalising a 100CT for parts finds themselves with a leftover US keyboard, let me know what you want for it Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Infrared PORT (IrDA)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:43:49 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Infrared PORT (IrDA) > > >On a related note, anyone able to report success using the > > IrDA under FreeBSD or Linux? > > > > If so, can you indicate which version OS and if the driver was > > not included, where it came from? > > With Mandrake 7.02 > +kernel-headers-2.2.15-4mdk > +kernel-source-2.2.15-4mdk > + http://www.cs.uit.no/linux-irda/snapshots/v2.2/patch-2.2.15-pre20-irda1 > > And I can make HotSync between Palm V and Libretto. > either with jpilot-0_99.tar.gz > or with StarOffice 5.2 Great - thanks for the pointer. It will be nice to actually get to use it after all this time. Does the Mandrake version you are using retain support for the PCMCIA floppy? Which model Libretto are you using? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: Infrared PORT (IrDA)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:21:52 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Infrared PORT (IrDA) > From: "Smith, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Infrared PORT (IrDA) > > Does anyone know of any programming or utilities to > utilize the infrared port on my Libretto?? > On a related note, anyone able to report success using the IrDA under FreeBSD or Linux? If so, can you indicate which version OS and if the driver was not included, where it came from? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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... **
12GB disk choices...
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:40:05 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 12GB disk choices... I am preparing to order a 12GB disk expansion for my 100CT, so am looking for any recommendations or experience from others that have looked into it and/or taken the plunge. Models and prices I have come across recently are Model Interface Seek CachePrice Hitachi DK23AA-12 ATA-5 12ms512KUS$199.00 Toshiba MK1214GAP ATA-4 13ms 1024KUS$195.00 IBM DA212000 Ultra-DMA66 12ms512KUS$215.00 Anyone have any thoughts on the relative merits of these drives, suggestions for superior ones, or come across better prices? I'm not sure what the Interface specs refer to. ATA-5 seems to be alternately known as "Ultra DMA 4", and all three advertise maximum transfer rates of 66MB/sec. The IBM advertises superiour resilience to being moved, with some sort of head load/unload technology, and advanced power saving modes. They are all 4200 rpm spin rate. I havn't seen noise or power specs - being quiet and not generating too much heat (not too mention battery load) is important. Any thoughts? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:29:10 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone > > > > Also, you don't want to have to re-format the disk just > > because you have added more ram, so if reserves space for the maximum > > amount of ram your machine can take. For the 100CT, it comes with > > 32Mb and can expand to 64Mb, so a minimum of 64Mb is reserved. > > > 64 Mb for main memory + 2 Mb for Video memory > + something else ? > You could be right. It is hard to say how much is actually used and for what. It would be really nice if Toshiba documented such things. On my 4GB drive (MK4309MAT), the real capacity was: 4327MB 8944Cyl 15Hd 63spt according to the BIOS/FDISK it was 8789Cyl 15Hd 63spt so it has reserved 155 cylinders at 512x63x15 bytes per cylinder. That means the amount the 100CT BIOS needs is somewhere between 71.1MB (74,511,360 bytes) and 71.5MB (74,995,200 bytes). It may be hard wired to 155 cylinders and assuming that all drives in use will have at least 14 heads, which would give just over 66MB - enought for 64MB + 2MB as you suggest. My original 2GB drive was MK2105MAT and was 2167MB 4200Cyl 16Hd 63spt And I think the BIOS reported 4056 cylinders, which would be 144 cylinders reserved, corresponding to 74,317,824 bytes. That suggests it is a magic number of sectors, rounded up to the nearest whole number of cylinders. >From the 4GB disk, the number of sectors required must be in the range 145,531-146,475 >From the 2GB disk, the range is 144,143-145,152 These ranges don't quite intersect, so the bios seems to be using some very obscure algorithm for deciding how many clinders are needed. Or parhaps this area is used for some bad sector mapping as well, which would require more space for larger drives. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:13:08 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone >Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:16:53 -0400 >From: "Lawrence Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone > >Unfortunately, it's a well known fact that Libretto's BIOS can only >recognize up to 8 GB of HDD. So your experience does not apply here. Ah, obviosly wasn't well known to me, having yet tried to install a drive greater than 4Gb My years of using SCSI based Suns and 68K machines has no doubt given me unrealistic expectations for these clunky IBM-PC architecture descendents :-/ All the ugly permutations required to get around various limitations of FDISK partitions and BIOS limitations is an endless source of confusion and complexity... Such a BIOS limitation will, as you suggest, complicate matters a little... > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 05:57:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Matt Cham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone > > > You then > > reboot using a unix (linux or BSD work fine) or > > other more advanced > > operating system, and it can tell you exactly what > > part of the > > disk was left for hibernation. > > I got lost in this section of the instructions. > Please provide more detail regarding the linux > install, and how it detects the hibernation area. > ie, what version, what program, what commands, > and what results do you expect? I used the command 'disksetup -i' in BSD/OS, which builds a disklabel containing drive geometry information. To do that, you have the choice of using: 1. The size of the drive according to the BIOS 2. The size according to the CMOS 3. The size according to any existing FDISK partition 4. The size according to any existing BSD/OS disklabel 5. Probing the disk to determine the real size When the options are displayed, you compare what is indicated by the DOS created FDISK partitioning (or the BIOS, which should be the same) to the real physical dimensions of the drive determined by probing it. The difference is what what the BIOS has reserved for the hibernation stuff. > Also, won't the hibernation area also depend > on how much RAM was in use at the moment prior > to hibernation? ie, if I have 32 MB total RAM > and 10 MB was still free prior to hibernation, > wouldn't the hibernation zone only occupy > around 22 MB? No, it has to allocate enough space to deal with a worst case scenario. And the BIOS can't tell how much memory your OS has allocated. It can't be expected to understand internal data structures of every possible OS, and the operating system may not even have existed at the time the BIOS was designed. Also, you don't want to have to re-format the disk just because you have added more ram, so if reserves space for the maximum amount of ram your machine can take. For the 100CT, it comes with 32Mb and can expand to 64Mb, so a minimum of 64Mb is reserved. > > It is all > > done by having the Libretto bios lie about the real > > drive > > capacity, so if you don't have a libretto install > > disk, any dos > > boot floppy should do. > > If I use IBM Disk Manager to detect > the whole 12 Gig instead of the problematic > 8 Gig limit, I dont think the Libretto BIOS > will be "lying" about anything at that point. > If anything, the BIOS will not know where > to hibernate if I dont leave it with the > correct location and correct size. I don't know anything about IBM Disk Manager, but if it can create partitions based on true disk geometry rather than what the BIOS reports, then it probably will have the same effect as partitioning on a desktop. That is, no space will be left, so hibernate will not work. (or will overwrite your data, if the BIOS is really dumb). > > You should only need to worry about it if you plan > > to do the rest of > > the install external to the libretto. If you do the > > install entirely > > in the libretto, is should all be transparent. > > I'm not sure that the process will > be "transparent" if IBM Disk > Manager uses up 100% drive capacity > and you format the whole thing. > Regardless of whether you do an internal > or external (outside the libretto) install > disk setup and program installation. > > Again, any meaningful and logical > discussion is welcome and much > appreciated. Thanks. Yep, quite right. It would only be transparent if you fdisk using the BIOS, and the BIOS limitation which I was not aware of means you can't do that without cutting back to 8Gb. Given that the BIOS must handle hibernation without any knowled
Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:49:34 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone > > Where is the hibernation zone for > 12 Gig drives? > > Some say it's at the 8 Gig area around > cylinders 1015-1023. > > Some say it's going to be at the > end of the 11.5 Gig area. > > Some say it doesn't matter because > the BIOS will not hibernate on your > data. > > Some say if you dont select the right > partition area, hibernation will > overwrite your data. > > Where is the real hibernation area? > How large is it? > > Does anyone know the real answer? > or are able to discuss why they think > they have the right answer? I don't have a 12G drive yet, so I can't give you a definitive answer. (any suggestions for where to get one at a good price?) However I can tell you how to get the answer. You need to install the drive in your libretto, boot off floppy using your install floppy, and create as large a partition as you can. You then reboot using a unix (linux or BSD work fine) or other more advanced operating system, and it can tell you exactly what part of the disk was left for hibernation. This was the technique I used when re-installing on my 4GB drive. My guess is that it will leave sufficient cylinders free at the end of the disk to provide a space not less than 64MB (or whatever your maximum memory is - for my 100CT it is 64MB). It is all done by having the Libretto bios lie about the real drive capacity, so if you don't have a libretto install disk, any dos boot floppy should do. You should only need to worry about it if you plan to do the rest of the install external to the libretto. If you do the install entirely in the libretto, is should all be transparent. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** 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... **
