Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:27:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fwd: HD > 8.4 GB in Libretto <= 110
--- Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:43:04 +0200
> From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: HD > 8.4 GB in Libretto <= 110
>
> Hi,
>
> On your Adorable Libretto page you mention that a disk manager is needed
> to access HD space beyond 8.4 GB on Librettos up to 110CT.
>
> So I thought the following info might be handy for you.
>
> A German fellow, Wilhelm Bockley, found out that a disk manager is not
> really needed. He found that the Libretto 100/110 BIOS implements all
> int13 extensions save for a few which a.o. report HD params. He says
> (and I can confirm it experimentally) that only Windows 9x FDISK uses
> the (faked) info from the Libretto BIOS. Once the partitions are somehow
> made (also the ones beyond 8.4 GB) Windows has no trouble accessing &
> formatting them!
> I my self made up the partitioning with Linux fdisk, later with OS/2
> fdisk. I assigned type 0c ("FAT32 LBA" in Linux parlance) to the FAT32
> partitions beyond 8.4 GB (used Linux fdisk for this). I saved a "hole"
> from cylinder 1013 up to cylinder 1026 (yes, 1013-1026, not 1024) for
> hibernation.
> My Libretto 110CT can access all space on the (current) 15 GB hard disk
> w/o any problem, hibernation proceeds fluently, no disk manager is used.
>
> I am especially glad with this because I also run OS/2 & Linux, both of
> which don't need a disk manager to see all HD space and thus could get
> confused if my Windows 98 would have needed it.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Philip Nienhuis
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