Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 09:52:20 +0200
From: Christian Gennerat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LIbretto 50CT and DJSA-220 20GB  Ibm Travelstar Hard Drive 
 Compatability

David Chien a �crit :

> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:06:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: LIbretto 50CT and DJSA-220 20GB  Ibm Travelstar Hard Drive Compatability
>
> Some people have probably managed to work around the BIOS thing using an OS
> that understands and reads the actual drive geometry directly (eg. Linux,
> probably Win2K).  However, for the rest of us, usually, we'll have to use a DM
> to get it to run correctly.

Exact, No problems on a L100 with Linux.
For the L50, do not forget it is 9.5 thick, and requires some modifications

>
> Oh, and my FAQ probably has a few more tidbits I've fogotten to mention already
> - I'll update it today to say the L100/110 also needs the DM program in most
> cases (seems one guy tested it and found the 8GB area got overwritten; guess
> only the very latest L1100 or higher series will handle >8GB HDs correctly).
>

Ok, but only for Windows users.





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