Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:17:00 -0700
From: "Dave Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 12+20Gb HDDs incompatible with Libretto!?!
> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:46:51 GMT
> From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: 12+20Gb HDDs incompatible with Libretto!?!
>
> According to Toshiba here in Malaysia, the 12Gb and 20Gb hard drives are
> incompatible with all Libretto models - they say these bigger drives are
> "too fast" for the Libretto motherboard, and that it's a "known issue" which
> leads to data corruption/loss. They don't preclude HDD upgrades altogether
> though - apparently the 6Gb drives *are* compatible.
>
> Anyone else heard this?
> Any thoughts, suggestions, comments... workarounds, even?
> I was about to spring for a 20GB...
> _________________________________________________________________________
This is incorrect- I've been using a Toshiba 12G drive for about a year in my
L70CT, and recently (a month ago) swapped it out for an IBM 20G. The drives
are NOT 'too fast', unless Toshiba is referring to Ultra/DMA mode, which the
Librettos don't support anyway. (Not sure about that for the 100/110). There
are incompatibilities with the BIOS, (8G limit, and hibernation directly to the
end of the 8G boundary), but there are a number of workarounds. I'm quite
happy with the performance of my machine with the high-capacity drives- the new
IBM is VERY nice! BTW, I primarily use the machine with Linux, so the BIOS 8G
limit is not an issue.
Dave Marsh
Systems Engineer
Medical Research Group
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