Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 03:47:05 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
In a message dated 1/15/03 4:29:22 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I assume that was a typo error and you must have meant 8GB BIOS boundary
> problem 8-).
Oops... yeah!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]It's important to get this version, for what reason I don't quite recall. But Dabid's got it posted at the top of his home page, in the right column about the 4th or 5th paragraph down.
I'll help as much as I can, I've done this with a 100CT. First, list member
David Chein has a GREAT web site at www.silverace.com/libretto where he hosts
a downloadable copy (and correct version) of EZDRIVE 9.09W which contains
EZBIOS 9.06.
This has worked perfectly on my 20GB Travelstar.
David suggested a process of determining exactly where the cylinders were, but 1010-1040 seems to work for most people who don't want to deal with that. He said that before you install the drive overlay, make a partition at the end of the 8GB HDD of about 2-3GB and install Windows on it. Then open Notepad and write a small bit of text you can search for. Then put the system into hibernation. That will write the hibernation data to the HDD. Then reboot, and use a hex editor to search for the text you wrote in Notepad. That will lead you to the hibernation area, and you can scroll back and forth to find the beginning and ending cylinders.
With respect to the hibernation area (not Windows swap file, as you correctly
guessed), concensus and testing has established its location at the area
bounded by cylinders 1010-1040.
After doing that, I think my hibernation ended up at cylinders 1016 - 1037, or was it 1023 - 1037?
Also, for those who like to squeeze out of their systems they can, making a couple smaller partitions before the 8GB boundry means smaller cluster size, and thus less wasted HDD space.Your partition plan is fine, but you may split the 0-8GB area up if you'd like. Lots of folks have dual-boot (me too soon) setups with Linux or W2K, with a couple of partitions in front of the hibernation space.
Buena suerte!
Matt
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