Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:47:35 -0400
From: Christopher Kalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD?
Okay, here's what I vaguely remember about this, and it's way easier
when you have the right tools.
1) Ditch the CD-ROM as far as the installer's concerned. That's
merely
a method by which you can get the Win2K installer on the hard drive.
2) Using a partition editor, such as FIPS, you should be able to cut
the drive into two partitions. I went with a 3g/1g split.
3) Get any other OS going on this system, as long as it can use that
CD-ROM drive, even 98 from floppies, if you're brave.
4) Copy the entire Win2K CD to the 1gig partition.
5) Create (or obtain) a Win2K install floppy. This will boot and ask
you for an installer location. Point it to the D: drive, format C: as
FAT and install to it, and you should be good to go.
One caveat: you MUST format C: as FAT, no matter how badly you want
NTFS. Once you finish this up, you can clear our the D: drive of the
install image, delete that partition, and extend a FAT partition with
far less trouble than extending an NTFS partition. End result? Win
2000 using up one 4.3 GB FAT partition, ready for you to convert to
NTFS.
(Of course, NTFS is far more annoying to recover data from if the
drive
ever dies, so be careful.)
You still get your pristine install, and no one will ever be the
wiser.
Fair warning, though, it takes an ungodly amount of fat trimming to
make Win2K run comfortably on the Libretto, even with the RAM upgrade.
CK
On Aug 10, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Jim Hanak wrote:
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:33:45 -0500
From: "Jim Hanak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD?
Folks,
OK, sorry for not responding earlier as I have been out of town.
Also
sorry
for not being more specific with my info.
Here's the situation. I have a 110ct, stock hd(bare, except that I
have
installed MS-DOS 6.22 on it), standard PA2940U floppy drive that
works
fine,
an NEC OP-260-72501 external PCMCIA CD-Rom. I also have both the
port
replicator & the docking station.
When I have the floppy and cd connected(floppy on top, cd on bottom),
the cd
spins up and then quits. The drivers that came with the cd say I
need
to
have card and socket services installed first. How do I get that? I
do
have Win 3.1 on floppy I can install if I have to, but I would rather
have a
pristine install of W2K. That's my goal. I would rather not do any
"surgery", if I can avoid it.
I have searched the archives for card & socket, and haven't found
anything
useful. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Jim !
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:22:41 +0200
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD?
Jim Hanak wrote:
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:54:45 -0500
From: "Jim Hanak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install to Lib 110ct with a bare HD?
This has probably been covered before, but can someone point me to
where this is?
Sure.
You might try Google, or seek the Libretto searchable archives first:
http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/
I have working PCMCIA floppy and CD-rom drives. Any advice?
*What* would you like to install?
- Win98?
- Win2K?
- Linux?
- .....?
Philip
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