Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:26:03 +0100 (BST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Reinstall OS for L50?
Quoting Lawrence Fieman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 05:28:19 -0400 > From: "Lawrence Fieman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Reinstall OS for L50? > > After much lurking I now have an L50 with 32Mb memory and 810Mb HD. It > came > with Win98 (1st ed) and dblspace loaded. One of my programs runs in > real > DOS only, and restarts the computer in real DOS. However, because of > dblspace I do not have enough available memory to run the DOS program. > I > have to get rid of dblspace. > > It seems that I need to reformat the HD and re-install an OS (WIN98 2nd > ed) > to get rid of dblspace and free up memory for real DOS programs. I have > a > backpack CD that runs off the parallel port, a CD that runs off PCMCIA, > and > the Toshiba PCMCIA floppy drive. I might need an IDE converter as > well. > > Do you know of a link that describes reformatting and install of an > Win98 > for the L50? > > After reading what I could find, I still have some questions about > installing the Toshiba drivers and about hibernation. If I install > Win98 > 2nd ed from the Backpack parallel port CD to the L50 will I then have > trouble installing the toshiba drivers? Is it best to use an IDE > converter > and install the new OS with the HD in another machine? > > The hibernation "feature" seems like a problem to me. I'd rather not > have > it. Can I just shut it off some how? If not, do I have to do > something > special to get it to work -- like setting up a partition for it? AFAIK The partition should be there at the end of the drive but windows fdisk cannot see it. You can make your own if you get linux boot and root disks ie slackware 8.0 and make type ibm hibernation mode. I cannot remember how big they are I think 1Mb or something. I do not know about the pcmcia cd drive. I would suggest making a windows boot floppy with edit format fdisk on it and the driver for the parallel cd and fdisk format and reinstall windows. and grab all the drivers and utilities from the toshiba site. ps if you edit c:\msdos.sys bootgui=1 to bootgui=0 then windows will boot to dos where you can type win if you want to. cheers mick ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
