Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:54:49 -0000 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. 'xxx' is the base address (hexadecimal notation) of IDE port. The permissible assignment of the base address are as 168, 1E8 and 170. 'yy' is the interrupt number (decimal notation) of the corresponding IDE port. The permissible interrupt number are 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15. Note 1: you might emulate a secondary enhanced IDE port on the PCMCIA/IDE adaptor card as shown below: DEVICE=PICC.EXE /P:170,15 Note 2: this client driver will search for IO ranges from the default base address (if specified) and then 168, 1E8 to 170 and search for IRQ from the default interrupt number (if specified) and then 10, 11, 15, 9 to 12. ------------------------------------------ PICD.EXE (PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM Device Driver) ------------------------------------------ This device driver requires that the PICC.EXE client driver to be installed before using the PICD.EXE driver. And this CD-ROM device driver will search for CD-ROM drives for Enhanced IDE ports (namely 1f0,14 and 170,15) and then the IO ranges/IRQ that PICC.EXE allocates. Installation Format: DEVICE=[drive:][path]PICD.EXE /D:<drive name> [/R] where /D:<drive name> specifies the drive name for MSCDEX.EXE to match, and the default name is _PICD_$$. [/R] reserves one drive letter for plug and play purpose, if this parameter is used then the CD-ROM drive need not exist to be initialized when system boots up. However, be sure that the PCMCIA/IDE adaptor card is inserted properly to allow Socket/Card/Client services to recognize its existence. Please install MSCDEX.EXE in AUTOEXEC.BAT file as shown below: MSCDEX /D:<drive name> ---------------------------------- INSTALL.EXE (Installation Program) ---------------------------------- You have to run this installation program under DOS environment; and this program will copy the necessary files into the target directory and automatically make changes to your system files. I.2 Error Messages a. *** Client is already installed PICC.EXE refuses to be installed twice, you have to take out one line of client driver installation from the CONFIG.SYS file. b. *** Card Services Release 2.1 not found The Client driver PICC.EXE needs a Card Services Release 2.1 installed in system for registration. To remedy this problem, you might reinstall or reconfigure your system for your PCMCIA sockets. c. *** Client registration failed The Client driver PICC.EXE failed to register although a Card Services Release 2.1 is found. Reconfiguration is recommended. d. *** Error reading tuple data Normally, a Card Services Client for system resources allocation is needed to be installed for other Client driver to read tuple data correctly from PCMCIA cards. e. *** Card Services Client not found. The CD-ROM device driver refuses to be installed if the PICC.EXE client driver is not installed before using the PICD.EXE driver. The installation program INSTALL.EXE can be used to do the chores for you automatically. f. *** Failed in callback registration. There is a callback interface between the client driver PICC.EXE and the CD-ROM device driver PICD.EXE and only one callback interface is allowed. And this will also ensure only one copy of CD-ROM device driver can be installed in system. g. *** Cannot locate any CD-ROM drive. After the system boots up, the CD-ROM device driver searches for CD-ROM drives to install. It will abandon to load if there is not any CD-ROM drive connected to the system. You can use /R option to utilize plug and play function, the device driver will be installed to reserve one drive letter even the system does not connect any CD-ROM drive while the system boots up. II PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM solution for OS/2 Warp II.1 CD-ROM Filter -------------------------------------- OS2PICD.FLT (PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM Filter) -------------------------------------- This driver is a Client to support the PCMCIA Card/Socket services specifications, and it is also a CD-ROM filter to allocate the portable PCMCIA CD-ROM drive. You should install a Card/Socket services in the CONFIG.SYS file before the line this filter is installed. Installation Format: BASEDEV=OS2PICD.FLT [/P:xxx,yy] [/V] 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. 'xxx' is the base address (hexadecimal notation) of IDE port. The permissible assignment of the base address are as 168, 1E8 and 170. 'yy' is the interrupt number (decimal notation) of the corresponding IDE port. The permissible interrupt number are 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15. [/V] verbose mode, displays the initialization message. ------------------------------------------------- INSTALL2.EXE (Installation Program for OS/2 Warp) ------------------------------------------------- This program will copy the device driver into the booting directory and automatically make changes to the system files. - END - ************************************************************** 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... **************************************************************
