Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:31:27 +0700 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Hibernation / EZ-BIOS strangeness
>>> I left space at the very end of the drive and, guess what, no >>> corruption. >> >> And - it then un-hibernated to exactly where it was before??? > > That's the really strange thing that I cannot understand and leads > me to believe I'm smoking something. Unhibernate works perfectly, > and it couldn't possibly do so without extended int13. When I partitioned and formatted my 30GB drive, then re-installed my Win'98 (no overlays, managers, utilities - zilch) 4.3GB, I was able to access the entire 30GB of the big drive via a PCcard caddy. Even DOS could see it. However, glitches quickly developed and then it disappeared. Neil put forward a very likely and entirely plausible sounding explanation which I am at a loss to repeat, other than to cut'n'paste it below. Maybe the same thing (or something similar) is happening? <>> - Libretto 110, 4.3GB HDD, Win'98, no other software involved <>> - external HDD caddy with PCcard connection <>> - 30GB Fujitsu HDD - 3 partitions, all FDISK'd in L110 as follows:- <>> - 1 - 7.77GB FAT32 - FDISK'd from DOS with Win'98 boot diskette <>> - 2 - 78.2MB FAT32 - FDISK'd with Win'2K <>> - 3 - remainder (20+ GB) FAT32 - FDISK'd with Win'2K <>> <>> 7.77GB = 8,348,737,536 bytes <>> 78.2MB = 82,073,600 bytes <>> <>> The Libretto running Win'98 / Windows Explorer showed all three <>> partitions on the external HDD(!!!) straight away when the PCcard was <>> inserted. <>> <>> I copied 3GB of data (39,792 files, 2,888 folders) from the (internal) <>> 4.3GB HDD to the first (sub-8GB) partition on the (external) 30GB HDD <>> - no problems. <>> <>> Then, on the external 30GB drive - still using Win'98 / Windows <>> Explorer - I copied the same 3GB of data from the first (sub-8GB) <>> partition to the third (last 20GB) partition - but this time a handful <>> of files were rejected as uncopyable - bad links / bad files names. <>> <>> A short while after this was completed, while playing around and looking <>> for signs of anything being amiss, all three partitions of the external <>> HDD disappeared from Windows Explorer and could not be persuaded to <>> return no matter what. Trust me, I tried everything. <>> <>> Finally I removed the 4.3GB HDD from the Libretto, replaced it with the <>> 30GB HDD and ran Win'2K - a check of the copied files threw up a further <>> handful of errors on the third (last 20GB) partition. <>> <>> No problems were found with the external caddy setup when the 4.3GB HDD <>> was subsequently installed and plugged into the PCcard slot of the <>> Win'2K powered Libretto. <>> <>> Howzat? <> <> Tentative conclusion: w98 is probably getting the disk info from the <> partition table - so it sees the presence of the post 8G space - but it <> isn't immune from the ills of the 8G bios when it's accessing it. <> <> Now I'm tempted to ask - knowing full well that the MS answer is 'it's <> fixed in W2k and later' - what the hell MS were playing at when they <> claim that the disk drivers are 32 bit? As logically, if they don't use <> the bios as claimed (which is why you have to get drivers for e.g. <> ata100 drives), it should not be affected by the bios limitations. <> Presumably w98 still has some bits working in contemptability mode. <> Thanks, MS! <> <> Neil ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------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 **************************************************************
