Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:47:37 -0600 (CST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions
Hello Raymond and thank you for the warning. I have been using this Toshiba 100GB drive for about three weeks in a couple of configurations. One configuration I used for a while was as a full single partition. It was nicely strange to see 80GB free on C. None of the programs I use had any data issues that surfaced during this time. I filled the drive to 1 gig free and had no visible problems. The only tool I use after drive swaps and modifications is a DOS run of Scandisk and Windows Scandisk with full surface scans. Can you (Raymond or anyone of course) tell me what symptoms I might watch for or any ways I might test for issues in this area? I don't recall seeing anything I felt was an issue in the archives, but I did not retain all of it. Thank you, John Martin > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:53:13 +1100 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions > and > > Sounds like a plan but I think you may have a couple of issues. > > I think Win98 is one of those operating systems that needs the drive > overlay to work properly on the Libretto otherwise it can't see above the > 8G mark (or can't see it properly or something - it was a while ago but I > remember headaches in that area). > > The second issue you may have is AFAIK Win98's implementation of FAT32 > doesn't work for partitions over 32GB due to its limit on cluster size so > you'll need to split your 91GB'odd chunk of space into at least 3 > partitions (unless you want to install, say, Win2k which in my experience > responds somewhat faster than 98 anyway on the L100, perhaps due to better > memory management). > > Good luck! > > - Raymond > > At 02:22 PM 15/11/2005 -0800, you wrote: > >Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:22:05 +0100 > >From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions and > >Outline > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:34:09 -0600 (CST) > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions and Outline > >>Hello Everyone... > >>I have a few questions/ideas relative to hibernation on the Libretto 110CT. > >>I understand that BIOS Hibernation on the Libretto is unable to see a > >>drive larger than 8.4 gig. I also understand that BIOS Hibernation can > >>not be completely disabled on the Libretto. My understanding is that > >>Libretto BIOS Hibernation can be executed completely independently of the > >>OS. Thermally or via detection of low battery are the two ways > >>individuals from this website have stated. > >>Procedure: Duplication of Windows 98 from a single partition 20gig drive > >>to a 100gig Toshiba Drive. With two issues. > >>Issue 1. Leaving the BIOS Hibernation space around the 8.4gig area of > >>the drive, between partitions one and two. > >>Issue 2. Preservation of my current full Windows Installation. > >>No overlay necessary or used. > >>Basically I want to do a hard drive upgrade with partition split AND > >>"space" to accommodate the hibernation area around the 8.4Gig area of the > >>drive. > >>These are my questions... > >>Question 1. How does the Libretto decide "where" to put the hibernation > >>area. > >>example: Go to end of HDD (or as much as it can see 8.4) and write the > >>contents backwards or just back up and start to write towards the end? > >>(direction likely doesn't make difference) > > > >John: > > > >Just a hunch: it writes towards the end. The difference *does* make a > >difference: Speed. Writing (& reading) backwards is terribly inefficient. > > > >Hibernation proceeds as follows: > >1. Hibernation routine requests disk size from BIOS HD size routine > >2. BIOS HD size routine cheats a bit, and gives an answer which leaves > >sufficient space for hibernation to anyone who's asking. The size of the > >cheat depends on another BIOS routine, i.e. the one which returns RAM size > >3. Hibernation routine knows about the cheat and begins writing the RAM > >image starting at the next sector beyond the reported HD size. > > > >Now, not only does the BIOS HD size routine cheat, it also contains the 8 > >GB bug. Yes confusing, but these are two different things (see below for more). > ><snip> > > --- > > > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ > | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | > | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | > | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| > | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | > | ICQ: 31756092 | www.raybot.net | > \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ > > > >
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