Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:46:42 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Installing Windows 2000 on 100CT & 110CT Librettos
Matt Hanson wrote: > > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:13:10 +0000 > From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Installing Windows 2000 on 100CT & 110CT Librettos > > First, my thanks to Robert Steinmetz and Jonathan Towne fro addressing my > networking transfer rate problem. I'll try setting 100Mbps in the card > driver settings and see how that works. > > I've just received an HTML file from Albert Vi�als that details the process > of installing Windows 2000 on the 100CT and 110CT Librettos which I'll paste > below. It looks pretty thorough. I'll be interested to hear comments on > the process from people who have gone their own route to install W2K. : [snipped] Hi Matt: The HTML file is correct I think. There are some small issues worth mentioning: I just d/led the mentioned utils and compared them with the ones I have (which I think are the same as on GeraintJ's homepage). The newly d/led files are all newer versions (by inspecting fle dates after unpacking, and looking into the setup.iss files). However, are they mentioned for the Libretto 100/110? How does Joe4430 know they belong together? I'd say: if they work, they work, so if Joe4430 is happy with them, why shouldn't we. After all, on my Lib I run other Toshiba drivers meant for Tecra and Portege, and not only for Windows but also for OS/2. I only installed the ACPI driver and w2kpwrx2 files, my Lib110's battery currently drains in 3 hours rather than 2. Perhaps someday I'll try the tospwr2k thing. Other than mentioned in the description, I still see the Windows power control in the systray (with the "old" utils installed, it says Toshiba Power Extension 1.00.01 in the Control Panel Power applet / Power Save tab). If you got another Win2K running (even better, if that is on a faster box), it may be wise to use that to slipstream SP4 (or SP3) into the installation tree (i.e., \I386) and copy that over to the Lib. Saves a lot of disk space, potential headaches, and WinUpdate visits afterwards. Slipstreaming can only be done on another Win2K system. The 64 MB stanza is absolutely correct. In fact, 64 MB is still too small. Win2K is clearly slower than Win98 on my Lib110 (P1-MMX 233 Mhz), and both are slower than WinME on my old P1-166 with 128 MB (both have 7200rpm HDs on plain ISA/IDE w/o DMA). Clearly convincing, to me at least. I also installed the pk7vidnt or so video driver. There is no reason to hesitate at all here, but beware: keep the installed versions (by Win2K setup) of the neo.dll and neo20.dll (if I remember the names correctly), otherwise you'll loose the hibernation option from Win2K. Small detail: when installing Win2K, do not forget to load SMARTDRV.EXE first. That makes the difference between < 1 hour and > 3-4 hours installation... (and W2K setup advises you to do so BTW). The Lib 100/110 BIOS is currently at v. 8.1. This is an advised BIOS upgrade to protect 3.3V PCMCIA cards. If hibernation does not work, it may be because of buggy or too old drivers (NT drivers especially) rather than malfunctioning ACPI. Win2K is very fussy w.r.t. drivers, as during hibernation the hardware drivers must allow their devices to be shut off in turn properly. With all that said, I'm very happy with Win2K on the Lib. It is very stable, though not as stable as Linux. E.g., I have a DOS app which will solidly lock up my English Win2K on the Lib, while the same app has no trouble at all on my Dutch Win2k on my desktop PC. SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, it made no difference, the English Win2K is somehow less stable (the Dutch Win2K, when tried on the Lib, never locked up). Also a Freecom Cardbus CD-R/RW/DVD player will occasionally hickup and lockup Win2K solid. --Philip ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
