Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:40:49 -0400 From: "Christopher Kalos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LIB] Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install?
I made sure to use the Libby's drive as the primary master, and the only other drive connected to the desktop at that time was a CD-ROM for reading the data. Finally, I just bit the bullet and ran the install from the hard drive. 4 hours later, I had mismapped drives, so it's back to square one, but at least there's a plan. However, and this is fairly odd, when I boot up using the only available boot floppy (The Toshiba Companion Diskette!) I can see all the partitions of the 12 GB drive perfectly. I'm in Win98's DOS at this point, but fdisk seems to see them all, each partition is actually accesible, and I can read and write from anywhere on the disk. Seeing as OnTrack was wiped from the drive and I'm bypassing it anyway with this method, what exactly does this mean for BIOS version 8.00? CK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Middleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:00 AM Subject: Re[2]: [LIB] Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install? > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:53:47 +0100 > From: Alan Middleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re[2]: [LIB] Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install? > > Do you have other hard disks in the desktop PC, Win2K and NT write to > the boot disk of the machine regardless of where the OS is ultimately > installed. Also the boot.ini is relative to other disks. > > Had a lot of problems installing Win2K on to a SCSI disk because it > wanted to write the boot information to my IDE Zip drive ignoring the > BIOS boot sequence. ( In the end I disconnected zip drive, installed > and then reconnected zip drive) > > Installing from a network or from a desktop with no other disks > connected would seem the easiest solution. > > Kind Regards, > > Alan. > > Wednesday, July 31, 2002, 1:25:08 PM, you wrote: > > GT> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:11:50 -0400 > GT> From: "Gennadiy Tsygan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GT> Subject: Re: [LIB] Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install? > > GT> I have the same setup, and I tried to put the Libby HD into another laptop. > GT> Didn't work. So I made a network boot floppy and transferred Windows install > GT> files over the network. The biggest pain was to configure drivers for the > GT> network card. Xircom RealPort wouldn't work, I think because it is CardBus. > GT> Once I switched to an older 16-bit Xircom card, everything worked well. > > GT> ----- Original Message ----- > GT> From: "Christopher Kalos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GT> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GT> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:20 AM > GT> Subject: [LIB] Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install? > > > >> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 02:12:13 -0400 > >> From: "Christopher Kalos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Windows 2000, Lib 110, >8GB drive, and a fresh install? > >> > >> Okay, I've gone through the archives until my eyes were red and dry. > >> I've managed to get nowhere with this. > >> > >> I've got a Lib 110 with a 12 GB HDD, no CD-ROM drive, and a spare desktop > >> PC. > >> > >> So, here's what I did. > >> > >> 1) Fdisk from the Libretto, making one (nearly) 8GB Primary Partition. I > >> left off about 70 MB at the end for a hibernation area, although I may > GT> have > >> to reallocate to *after* the 8GB mark, based on what I see in the > GT> archives. > >> Regardless, this is fairly unimportant. > >> > >> 2) Removed 12GB drive and added to a Windows 2000 box, making a ~4 GB > >> partition, formatted for FAT32, with the Win2000 (full version) CD > GT> contents > >> copied to it. > >> > >> 3) Set 12 GB as the primary master, rebooted with the CD-ROM still hooked > >> up, and did the first run Win2000 install, formatting the first ~8GB as > >> NTFS. > >> > >> 4) Shutdown, transplanted hard drive to Libby, and then all hell broke > >> loose. > >> > >> I get an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE Stop Error when it tries to come up. If > GT> I > >> leave the drive in the desktop, it gets up to the configuration portion. > >> > >> I'd just do the entire install from the D: drive, but the problem with > GT> that > >> is I lack a boot disk with SmartDrive, so it takes forever to make it work > >> without using the PC and the CDROM drive. > >> > >> So, what's wrong with the method here? > >> > >> Do I > >> a) just suck up a few lost hours to SmartDrive? > >> b) Format C: to FAT32? (Only an option if this makes half a damned bit of > >> difference!) > >> c) Send it to a Service Center (I'm still under warranty, just not for > GT> 2000) > >> for a clean 98 install? > >> d) chuck this thing on ebay with all the accessories that I've invested in > >> for a minimal return? > >> > >> I'd prefer an answer e) which provides the magical solution of making the > >> partitions a certain size, but the primary is already limited to staying > >> under the imposed BIOS limit, thanks to Step 1. And no, I don't want to > >> sell the Libby at the moment. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> CK > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ************************************************************** > >> 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 > >> ************************************************************** > >> > >> > >> > > > > > GT> ************************************************************** > GT> http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > GT> http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > GT> -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > GT> Reply to any of the list messages. 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