Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:54:49 -
From: "Gerry Roche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with complete reinstall on Libretto 100CT using a PCMCIA external CD
ROM other than a Toshiba or Freecom
Thanks to those who offered suggestions and I found the following help file
on TOSHIBA (GERMANY) WEBSITE::
How to use Panasonic KXL810A or Other Third Party External CD-ROM with the
Toshiba Recovery CD Libretto 100CT, 110CT or later + Portege 320CT, 3010CT,
7000/7010CT or later
Toshiba supplies Recovery CD's with some ultra-portable computers w/o
integrated CD-ROM drives such as the Portege and Libretto series. To use the
recovery CD for these models, customers must either have a compatible
Toshiba CD-ROM docker or one of the third party external CD-ROM drives (EXP
Traveler, Trantor or BusToaster SCSI) supported by the Recovery CD boot
diskette. Other third party external CD-ROM drives are not supported by the
Recovery CD boot diskette so recovery to factory pre-installed software is
not possible.
Procedure:
This information shows an example of how to create a recovery boot diskette
for the Panasonic KXL-810A portable CD-ROM drive, so users can restore the
factory pre-installed software using the recovery CD. The same steps can be
used to create recovery CD boot diskettes for similar third party external
CD-ROM drives. The following procedures will work for the following models:
Libretto 100CT, 110CT or later
Portege 320CT, 3010CT, 7000/7010CT or later
The Panasonic KXL-810A portable CD-ROM drive should include the drive itself
and a PCMCIA CD-ROM Interface card (bundled with KXL-810A). Follow these
steps to create a boot diskette:
1.Insert a blank floppy disk into any computer running DOS 6.22 or later, or
Windows 95.
2.Use "FORMAT A:/S" command to format the disk and copy system files.
3.Create the following directories on the floppy disk;
A:\CDROM
A:\DOS
4.Copy the following files into the A:\CDROM directory. These files should
be located on Panasonic KXL-810A driver disk or may be obtained from
Panasonic.
ASPIO365.SYS
KMECD.SYS
Copy the following DOS files into the A:\DOS directory. These files can be
located in the DOS directory of the same computer used to create the boot
diskette.
HIMEM.SYS
MSCDEX.EXE
SETVER.EXE
FDISK.EXE
FORMAT.COM
5.Create a Config.sys and Autoexec.bat file on the boot diskette as follows:
[CONFIG.SYS]
DEVICE=A:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=A:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=A:\CDROM\ASPIO365.SYS /port=300 /mem=CE00
DEVICE=A:\CDROM\KMECD.SYS /D:PCMCIACD /n:1
[AUTOEXEC.BAT]
@ECHO OFF
PATH=A:\;A:\CDROM
A:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:PCMCIACD /L:Q
After the boot diskette has been created, use these steps to restore the
software.
6.Attached the Panasonic KXL-810A CD-ROM drive to the Toshiba computer
PCMCIA slot via the PCMCIA CD-ROM Interface card.
7.Insert Toshiba Recovery CD into Panasonic CD-ROM drive. Boot up computer
using this boot disk. The CD-ROM should now be configured as the "Q" drive.
8.At the DOS prompt type "CD\DOS" and press the "Enter" key to Click DOS
directory. Repartition/format the hard drive first using the fdisk and
format commands.
9.At the DOS prompt type "Q:" and press the "Enter" key to Click drive Q
from drive A.
10.At the DOS prompt type "CD\BIN" and press the "Enter" key to Click BIN
directory.
11.At the DOS prompt type the word "RECOVERY" and press the "Enter" key to
start the recovery process.
To create boot diskettes for different third party external CD-ROM Drives,
simply replace the driver files under A:\CDROM and modify the Config.sys
statements accordingly
ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLUTION SAYS::
Use Libretto100CT Product Recovery Bootdisk from
http://www.toshiba-tro.de Area 79 filename Freetrav.exe.
Bootdisk created for Freecom Traveler CD Rom Drive.
THE FILE NAMES ON MY 'AMACOM BABY CD' DRIVER INSTALLATION FLOPPY DISC ARE::
1.FOLDER NT4.0
CONTAINS:
CD-ROM.REG
NT4INST.BAT
README.TXT
2.FOLDER OS2
CONTAINS:
INSTALL2.EXE
OSCPICD.FLT
3.FOLDER WIN95
CONTAINS:
OEMSETUP.INF
4.INSTALL.EXE
5.PICC.EXE
6.PICD.EXE
7.README.TXT
THE 'README.TXT' FILE IS:
I PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM solution for DOS
I.1 Device Driver and Utility Usage
--
PICC.EXE (PCMCIA/IDE Adaptor Card Services Client)
--
This driver supports the PCMCIA 2.1+ Card/Socket services
specifications. It is mandatory to load this driver before
using the PICD.EXE device driver.
Installation Format:
DEVICE=[drive:][path]PICC.EXE [/P:xxx,yy]
where [/P:xxx,yy]
specifies the I/O port base and interrupt number that
the Adaptor Card Services tries to allocate for this
card in default.
