Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:16:12 +0200
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Basic libretto 110 hard disk upgrade not working!!
Alan Middleton wrote:
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:12:37 +0100 (BST)
From: "Alan Middleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Basic libretto 110 hard disk upgrade not working!!
Hello,
I'm not sure if this list is still active but I'm fresh out of ideas so
hopefully someone is still listening :)
Some people still lurk sometimes.
The list is still in my spam filter's friends section....
I recently purchased a Samsung laptop hard disk
(http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/SpinPointMSeries/HardDiskDrive_SpinpointMseries_MP0804H_sp.htm)
with the intention of resurrecting the libretto 110 and using it as a portal
media player. The original 40Gb hard disk upgrade has long since disappeared so
I don't have anything to compare it with :(
So insert hard disk into libretto - by default the hard disk is a master.
Boot off a windows 98 floppy.
Run fdisk and make the biggest primary partition I can, 8gb and mark it active,
reboot.
Boot off the floppy again and format c: /s to include the system start up files.
Yes, should work.
Job done? No, sadly not, when I restart I'm asked to insert a system disk. Boot
off the floppy again and I can see drive c: complete with command.com and as I
expect it to be when I rerun fdisk (yes it is active, I triple checked).
Intriguing.....
So now what? I don't think I've missed anything in the set up or in the bios
config that should cause me these problems.
First thought: the BIOS. Make sure the HD is in Enhanced IDE, not
Standard IDE. On page 2, select Primary IDE for Built-in HDD under
DRIVES I/O.
The BIOS settings can be wiped after a long rest of your Lib.
Then, maybe a sys C: might help (copies not only system files but also
boot sector code. Invoked by format /s, true....).
Other than that, I see no mistakes.
Or perhaps the boot sector on drive C: is damaged. Try to make some
other partitioning scheme and then see if that boots.
If this doesn't help you're SOL, sorry.
Philip
