Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 16:05:17 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED!
Matt Hanson wrote: > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:59:31 +0000 > From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED! > > >From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Now make sure you set aside 32MB+ for the 50/70 or 62MB+ partition > >space for > > > > the 100/110 around the 8GB boundry so your Lib doesn't write over data > >there > > > >Uhm, for a Lib 100/110 62+ MB is too small a hibernation area. > > Guess I wasn't clear enough about that. Thanks for pointing it out Philip. > By 64MB+ I meant that the hibernation area needs to be >at least< 64MB to > deal with writing memory from 64MB of RAM to the HDD >plus< a bit more to > deal with bit/byte size definitions plus all else. > > >64 GB memory + 2 GB video mem + some BIOS stuff, rounded up to nearest > >cylinder boundary = 71 MB at least. > > Wow.... I want the formula for getting 64GB RAM in >my< L100!! ;-P > Couldn't resist playing with that type. Oops! ... Well, my typo is (in a way) bigger than yours... > > Then for those who like a more technical challange, there's David Chien's > method of finding the hibernation area I thought was a fun learning > expereince: > > http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/2002/msg00140.html > > "Create a partition that starts before 1010 cylinder and goes beyond 1040 > cylinder. Download and use a free space file wipe program to zero out that > partition. Make sure hiberate to disk is on in the Power Control Panels > setttings. Open Notepad and write anything unique eg. "Librettos are SO > amazing!" Hibernate to disk (not standby), then resume from hibernate. > Walk the sectors with any hex disk editor like WinHEX to find the extent, > using > search on the unique text string you typed into Notepad earlier to get you > there quicker." You mean you tried it out? If yes, what did you find? I just relied on what Wilm Bockey found out about the Lib100/110 BIOS hibernation routines: - there are no holes in the dumped image (= a good argument for not wasting too much space) - they do use int13 extensions (was a bit of a surprise, but how else can it access cyl. 1026) - he did exactly the things in the citation above. Results: only cyl. 1018-1026 are used - the problem is caused by the BIOS determining HD size by using CHS info rather than sector count. On my Lib I have just set 1017-1026 as hibernation area and up till now I have never ever suffered data loss. 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 **************************************************************
