Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 06:58:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin McClelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2K installs on 100/110s
On Tue, 30 April 2002, Tom Stangl wrote > > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:59:09 -0700 > From: Tom Stangl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Win2K installs on 100/110s > > Hmmm, thought I sent this, but maybe Communicator crashed when the email > was open.... > > I know this has been discussed before, but does anyone have a SUMMARY of > all the steps necessary to install Win2K on a Lib 100/110? A lot depends on your set up, specifically your CDROM. On mine, I use a Backpack CDROM that has parallel capability, so I do not have to worry about CSS to get the PC card setup. When I installed my 30gb IBM, this is what I did. 1. Create a boot disk from Win9x, set up to boot and load your CDROM drivers 2. Install your new HDD 3. Boot from floppy, FDISK and format 4. I installed EZBIOS, it was the only one that worked and sine I also have Win95 as well, I needed it. 5. I set up a total of 4 partitions. The first two were under the 8gb limit, then two partitions that were roughly 10gb each. I also created a hidden partition at the 8gb boundary that covered the 1010-1040 cylinder area for BIOS hibernation and Win95 hibernation. I know the size works out to be about 250mb total, but I figured with 30gb I could spare the room. I just didn't feel like trying to reduce it to the smallest size possible. 6. Reboot with EZBIOS installed, boot from the floppy, and install Win2K from the CD, and it will handle the rest. On my particular install, I used the L100 recovery CDROM to install the Win95 portion onto C:, then installed Win2K from within Win95. and performed a clean install on D:, which automatically set up my boot menu as well. 7. Win2K will recognize everything in the Libretto, including the floppy drive. BIOS 8.0 is an absolute minimum to work properly with Win2K. I had Win2k running on my old HDD with v8.0 with no problems, then updated to 8.1 when it came out. No problems with the floppy in any install. Only had to install a couple updated drivers for PC cards and such that were more current than what was included with Win2K. That is pretty much it. I used Partition Magic 7.0 to fine tune the partitions, EZBIOS 9.09w. I have a L100, OC to 266 w/64mb. Drive is an IBM 30gb travelstar. I would highly reccomend the IBM, at least in their notebook drives. Bigger cache than Toshiba, and 3 year warranty. > > I'd like to install it, and if anyone has a summary, I'd be happy to build > an HTML page and post it, and any Libretto webmasters would be free to copy > it to their site. > > Key points: > What needs to be copied from the Win2K CD to the HD for the install? > Is there a Win\Options\CAB like on the Win98 CD, and if so, what is the > > path? Do you need any other files/directories? I think if you wanted to copy the install files to the HDD, and install from there, you copied the i386 directory, then you would not need the CD for the install. Never did it that way though, so I may be off on the directory. > > If you already have Win98 on the system, will the Win2K install: > Barf and quit > Ask if you want to install over Win98 > Ask if you want to install to a new directory > Ask if you want to set up a dualboot with Win98 > Tell you that you need to reinstall Win98 afterwards, and customize > it for dualboot (I don't THINK so, I think Win2K has to be > installed AFTER Win98 to avoid problems)? In order for dual boot to work automatically, it needs to be installed second. That is how I always did it, and never had a problem. If win98 is already on the machine, you can install Win2k from within Win98 via the CD, it will give you an option for a clean install, and just select the partition you want it to be on, and it will handle the rest. At least that is how it handled mine under Win95, so should do the same under Win98. > > Are there any files outside of the Win2K CD you'll need? > Floppy drivers? Win2K, or use Win98? > The only Win2K specific file I see on the Toshiba site for 110s is > the Power Extensions - should I use that one or the one from Win2K? I installed 2 or 3 Toshiba files after installing Win2k. I will need to dig through my drive and find them. One was the power extensions for Win2k. Another was the HW tools from Toshiba. There might have been a third set, but I can't seem to remember right now. > > What is the recommended BIOS level for Win2K on a 110? 6.5, 7.3, 8.0, or > 8.1? If you haven't upgraded to 8.1, you might as well do it. I think 8.0 was the version Toshiba released for the initial compatibility with Win2k, and 8.1 fixed a glitch with the 3.3/5.0v on the PC Card socket. > > > > I'm considering just buying a 40Gig IBM Travelstar, since they're only $148 > at newegg.com. Then I can install clean. All I'll need at that point is > another hard drive handle. Does anyone know a place that sells them at a > REASONABLE price? Last time I looked, one site wanted $20, and I'd rather > build my own from scratch than pay that! But I really want a spare handle, > so I can leave the current one on the Win98 20Gig that's in the system, so > swapping is as fast as possible if needed. > I would get the IBM. good drive, and pretty quiet, at least on my 30gb. ------------------------------------------------- Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
