Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:07:43 +0000 (UTC)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB HD review
whoa..there is something about 98 I'd forgotten. It MAY handle larger than
100GB drives ok. There was a rumor 98SE could NOT boot drives greater than
32GB safetly however I remember there being a post of someone using a 60GB
(me) drive without an overlay. I was mainly using the MSDOS that came with
it for recovery and life was good, saw the whole drive, no data
corruption, narey a probelm. I suspect the rumor AND following rumors of
small (less than 1-2TB) drives not working MAY be caused by bad hardware
in the Librettos NOT by the OSes themselves. You may want to get your
hardware checked by a computer tech.
yours
john
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:52:09 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB HD review
Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:38:09 +0100
From: Richard Mittendorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB HD review
Also sprach John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:35:11
-0800):
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:31:38 -0800
From: John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB HD review
I do not run linux, I run Windows 98SE as it is required for
compatibility by my profession.
So, will a Libretto 100/110CT running Windows 98SE be able to see all
of a hard drive larger than 128GB?
After some patching, that might well be the case (see below).
I don't know, but AFAIK it sees what it get's from BIOS. And the
Yes and no.
When booting, Win98 is initially in 16-bit (DOS) mode, and then it gets all
the HD info it needs through the BIOS, incl. the disk layout info from the
MBR.
But at the end of the boot process, Win98 takes disk I/O over from the BIOS
(switch to 32-bit mode) and will be able to see all of the HD.
Pity that there's no 32-bit disk partitioner in Win98. Would have avoided a
lot of problems (and posts on this subject...)
Libretto BIOS will not see the whole disk (INT13 limitations). So you will
need some kind of bootmanager, which will pass the right table to the OS,
I've heard about such a thing, but can't name one. Hope, google will help.
To be precise: as the int13 extensions for disk I/O have been implemented OK,
one just needs to get a proper MBR in place. *That* is hard inside a
Libretto.
But of course, clever software or clever procedures can help to get this
together. Search the archives for more info.
I doubt that W98 can _handle_ disks greater 128GiB/137.4GB(SI norm). IIRC
48bit LBA(?) first came with ServicePack1 to XP.
Linux since 2.4.19 can handle them. It also doesn't read the BIOS, so
the INT13 limit doesn't show up.
I am almost certain I understood the 128GB limitation to be hardware,
not software, so in that case the operating system, linux as well as
I think it's more like a hardware specification limit, not a real HW
operational limit.
For Win98 etc there are patches to access drives > 137 GB (not widely tested
BTW AFAIK. Anyone care to try?, e.g.):
http://members.aol.com/rloew1/
Philip
