Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:56:51 -0600 From: "phillip ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] New info re: large HDs w/Win9x or DOS & disk manager programs
bought a gps3 from oshamans for 99 bucks day after thanksgiving. Allows for remote ant. Conection. Search on ebay for gps3 thing I don’t like about it is the basemap is not uploadable but you can upload tracks and routes as well as waypoints.. Love it. I have also a gps12 which does not have the remote ant conection and the only way I can get a better signal is with a re-radiating ant. I use my LIB in my samurai which I 4wheel.. It acts as my gps/mp3 player.. As well as email as soon as my 20gig hd comes in I scored it for 86 bucks on ebay.. -----Original Message----- From: David Chien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:03 AM To: Libretto Subject: [LIB] New info re: large HDs w/Win9x or DOS & disk manager programs Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 22:00:34 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New info re: large HDs w/Win9x or DOS & disk manager programs 1) L110 with 20GB Hitachi (2MB cache, B series model listed on my site). 2) W/O disk manager programs, all programs such as fdisk, format, partition magic, etc. work as they would work with a 8.4GB HD. You only see up to 8.4GB, and that's it. 3) You can create 16 & 32 bit partitions as you wish, but only see 8.4GB w/o a disk manager program under DOS & Win9x/ME. 4) If you then install a disk manger program such as EZ-DRIVE (recommended for non-IBM HDs; cheapest out there and works well), the current partitions will remain intact, and you will be able to see everything above 8.4GB to the end of the HD. 5) When you do this, the max cylinders seen will increase from the usual 1023/1024 (however the program you use counts it) to whatever is required to map the entire HD. For the case of the Hitachi 20GB, it goes to 2431/2432 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors. For me, the paritions created before installing the DM still work and run fine. 6) If you use a program like WIPEFREE for DOS/Win32 to clear out the empty file space of a newly created partition that crosses the 8.4GB boundary, then use a disk sector editor like WinHEX to examine the raw values, you will be able to determine exactly where the hardware hibernate-to-disk data is stored. 7) !! No matter what, the ~8.4GB boundary area (and few MB around it) will be overwritten by the hibernation data, even with a disk manager installed. !! 8) In my case, the sectors from 1018 cylinder to 1025 cylinder were overwritten by the hibernation data. You can easily find it by searching the limited area just before the 1023/1024 cylinder area to just after for a unique string you know is in the Libretto's memory before hibernation occurs. In my case, simply opening up Notepad and typing "Love is Real", then searching for it with the disk sector editor found the hiberation data area quickly. You'll want to then find the earliest and latest sectors that have been written with hibernation data, then leave a few more secotrs on both sides just to be absolutely sure your own data won't be overwritten in the future. 9) What this means is that all Librettos as old or older than the L110 willl require added software disk mangers if not using Win2K/XP/Linux, and will require you to create at least two partitions on the HD to use all available space on HDs >8.4GB. All important bootable data and partitions should reside below the 8.4GB boundary for safety. Even if the disk manager program is removed (EZ_Drive can be removed and reinstalled many times at will and it will be fine) or damaged, booting to just plain DOS will at least let you see the data <8.4GB without the added LBA drive mapping add-on. 10) The -Western Digital EZ-Drive 9.09W disk setup that installs the 9.06 version of EZ-BIOS- which can easily be downloaded for free of the web is my current recommendation and thumbs up choice for a disk manager for users of Librettos that have a non-IBM HD installed. users of IBM HDs can use the IBM Disk Manger provided for free at www.storage.ibm.com. (Fujitsu drive users probably have something like this on their site; for sure neither Toshiba or Hitachi provides such). It has been noted that this version is not locked to one brand of HD, and will/should work with any brand available. Also, except for the support of ATA ultra/66 IDE HD controller add-in cards, which are rarely used in desktop PCs and can't be installed in any Libretto, 9.06 EZ-BIOS has all the latest required features of the latest 9.09 EZ_BIOS version available, for free. One can also buy the latest EZ_Drive for $20 if so desired. 11) Using the EZ-DRive 9.09W WD disk, I can install and remove the EZ-BIOS w/o any problems at all. The <8.4GB booting partitoins boot just as they normally would either way, and thus far, nothing wrong has occured with it (as I remember having used it many years ago on a desktop PC to the same good results). Besides EZ_DRIVE, there's the $60 Ontrack Disk Manger which does the same sort of thing, but there's no point since it's 3x more expensive than the latest verison of EZ-Drive, or heck vs. the free Western Digital Version. 12) Don't know if it's just the IDE controller, HD, or unique HD interface, but the latest 1.27S version of Maxtor's MaxBlast Plus, a special OEM version of EZ_DRIVE installing 13.47 version of EZ_BIOS, works as well. Since I can't find any notes re: what's different with the 13.47 ver., vs. the standard 9.09 EZ_BIOS latest version, I'd recommend against this version and use the WD 9.09W EZ-Drive installing 9.06 EZ-BIOS instead. However, you can crtainly give it a whirl and let us know what happens in the long run. 13) I'll update the FAQ soon re: this. d =) PS. Nothing like this free SprintPCS Wireless Cellular Network Card they sent for free for use for two months (www.fatwallet.com/forums/ offer posted months ago; now over)! Typing this from my dinner table with no wires connected to the Libretto at all, and the only thing worrying me is the 16% battery life left. 19.2KB connection rate, but very useable for the basic email and quick web checks. Very nice in a car on trips out to the local lunch spots as well (when a friend's driving, of course!), as I can easily stay busy checking email and so forth during the 5-15 minutes of travel. Far too addictive as I'll start up the Libretto just about everywhere - lunch line, down the hall, bed, friend's place, waiting whereever - just to get to the net. Oh, well - net junky =] I'll miss it when the free 2 months is over, but I'll wait until next year when Sprint rolls out their 128kb/s service to signup again. Now that I've finally got most of the spare parts and accessories and HD issues settled, GPS time! Eyeballing the TOPO 3.0 by Delorme as well as having to find a HW GPS unit. Already have MS Mappoint 2002, Streets & Trips 2000, and that Travelroute program. What's good for all these software in LA? Howabout something that'll not only work well in Los Angeles, but maybe also in Europe and worldwide when I go traveling? something with worldwide maps? or better to pickup local map SW when I get there? ===== adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com ************************************************************** 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. 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