Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 09:01:37 -0800 From: John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
Hello Philip Nienhuis... Thank you for the response... 1. That is correct, I do not use any overlay. I have never found a reason to use an overlay of any type on a Libretto. In the early to mid 90's when I managed over 100 PC's PC's with overlays (different ones) had more crash anomalies than those without, period. This included conditions where identical hardware was used with and without overlays. We set up some of the drives in other computers with capable bios and putting them back into the computer with the limitation. Maybe times have changed, but I avoid overlays generally. We used them with Pentium 1 and 2's with bios limitation requiring them. 2. That is an excellent idea and safer than my current method, but I have not seen this option in any of the software that I use and understand. 3. That is another excellent point as well. I do rename fdisk, but forgot to mention this. As always, thank you for additional important information. I appreciate your practical tweaks to so many messages. It is amazing how you do it so well without any offensive content. Thank you, John Martin. =============================================================== Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:46:18 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade?? Hi John, Just some notes: 1. I reckon you do not use an overlay? 2. You deleted the "hibernation partition in your step 4. I simply assigned it a partition type of A0 (= IBM Thinkpad hibernation partition). If you do this, no partitioning tool will ever suggest to use this space as it is occupied, and DOS/Windows won't be able to access it and thus cannot write to it either. 3. A last hint: I deleted DOS FDISK from my Libretto to be sure that I could never accidently run it and screw up the MBR. The only harmless thing DOS FDISK can do is change the active partition. All other changes will make everything beyond 8 GB again inaccessible. Philip John Martin wrote: > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 07:42:07 -0800 > From: John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade?? > > Because I learned about how to work around this hibernation area from this > system and so many helpful Libretto users, I will share my preferred method > of formatting drives around the hibernation area on Libretto 100 and > 110CT's. I have done this for others many times now. > > The methods seems SO complicated compared to just formatting a hard drive, > but trust me, these guys know what they are talking about. It is > necessary. After a LOT of experimentation I only have a lot of respect for > most everyone who offered me (and many others) ideas on how to work around > this hard drive hibernation area on Libretto's. > > Here is the method I use. It requires a second computer with bios ability > to see beyond the Libretto's. Most any Pentium 2 Class and up is a sure > thing.) I use an adapter to plug the 2.5" drives into the full size EIDE > cable of the second computer. > I have used this method many times now with my two Libretto's (100CT and > 110CT) so I don't know about any other models. I have also done this more > than a dozen times now for others Libretto's. > > > 1. First I use fdisk to set up the drive to its maximum size INSIDE the > Libretto. It will be "about" 8Gig" > This to me is the most logical step because any "issues" with the Libretto > bios become irrelevant because the bios in question IS making the > partition. No figuring out where to leave a hibernation hole etc. > > 2. Then I remove the drive from the Libretto and install the adapter and > place it into the second computer as a secondary drive. > > 3. I normally use Western Digital Lifeguard Tools usually, but other > programs for setting up drives will probably work fine. I use this > software to set up the remaining space on the drive into two partitions. > The first partition I just set up as 100 meg or so. The second partition > I set up as the rest of the drive. > > 4. Reboot and verify the partitions. (this just insures they were writing > to disk) Now I DELETE the 100 meg partition. This insures an Operating > System doesn't try to format and use it. This 100 meg area insures there > is plenty of space between usable partitions for the Librettos hibernation. > > Because the Libretto itself set up the original "8 gig" partition, the END > of this partition is sure to be in the "right place" relative to the > Libretto Hibernation. I know the hibernation might only need to be > smaller, but is "easier" to be safe and besides that, I think the software > I have used has a minimum size I can make the partition. Haven't set one > up in a few months. > > An important note I did realize years ago after several drive corruption's! > You can not turn off the Librettos hibernation function. It can be > triggered by hardware independent of your OS for thermal overload and low > battery conditions. SO no matter your OS, IF the Libretto tries to > hibernate, it goes as far as the BIOS (specifically) can see (8.X gig) and > starts it write. Instant data corruption. If I had ONLY known this years > ago it would have saved me so much time formatting and replacing data. > > I have successfully done the above on more than a dozen Libretto 100CT's > and 110CT's with basically every hard drive brand I have seen. It has been > used on drives from 15gig to 100gig. > > I run Windows 98 on my Librettos but I have set this up for persons with > other OS's. I do not install their OS's, I just set up the partitions and > make them DOS bootable. > > It isn't as difficult as it looks at first. I can do this in a few minutes > now. > If you need any specifics for any of the above, just email me and I will do > my best to assist you further. Most likely everything I have typed is > somewhere else in this system though. I learned it all here. > > Good Luck > John Martin > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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