Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:28:11 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 queries forwarded on behalf of Mike Hodish
> Recently picked up a lib 1100 in Tokyo for ~USD 400. I am =( I want one, too! Guess I'll have to get one imported.... > looking for several things: first, the only memory expansion that I can get > from Micsol is 32 Mb, but according to David Chien's site, it will hold > more, I think 64? > Anyone know where to get it? Tokyo, most likely. This is a Japan-only model, so if they don't use the standard SODIMM or MicroDIMM memory modules most laptops use, then you'd better pick up more RAM in Japan. Believe it's 96MB max - see my site. Should be right since I pulled it right off their PDF brochure. > Also, I have gotten an IBM Travelstar drive... I forget if it is > 10 or 20 GB right now, having just been awake all night, but it is above 8, > at any rate. > Any idea if this machine has the bios limit on 8 Gb requiring ez > bios? I did download the recommended version when discussed a couple of > months ago, so I do have it. Don't know. Nobody's ever tried and told us. You'll be the first. Since it is a much newer model, hopefully, it'll have full support for >8.4GB HDs. Sadly, only way to tell is to pop a bigger HD in, wipe the HD clean to all 0's, install DOS and maybe basic Windows, hibernate, resume, then seach the HD with WinHex around the 8.4GB boundary for signs of non-0 bytes (remember you wiped the HD clean above). > I am confused about the EXACT process to follow so I wind up > with the hibernation partition. I have a hard drive adapter so I can run the > hard disk in my desktop or in the lib. I have raneesh partition freeware, > and can get partition magic if need be. On a clean, new HD, here's what I'd do: If the BIOS supports large HDs, pop it into the Libretto, fdisk, format, and install everything just like on a desktop. If the BIOS does not, pop it in, fdisk a small 10-50MB DOS Fat-16 partition, format it bootable, install DOS - add other DOS utils like EZ-Drive floppy image creation program, Ghost and partition managers if you're like me to make it an emergency/backup partition. Reboot with EZ-Drive 9.09W Western Digital disk, go manual options, install EZ-BIOS 9.06. Reboot, and watch it see the entire HD. At this point, you can run DOS partition managers (fdisk sadly can't create more than one primary bootable partition), create another primary boot partition for your OS, make that active, hide the small DOS partition, and reboot to bootable floppy. Format partition, install OS, apps, etc. But, if you don't want an emergency DOS partition, simply pop in HD, reboot with EZ-DRive disk in floppy drive, run EZ-Drive auto-setup, and upon reboot, install OS, apps, etc. ===== adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.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. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
