Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:28:58 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present Fubar, It looks awfully as if the bios is seeing *nothing* where a disk ought to be...I know this is a long shot, but if you wake up the bios (lots of escs as the machine is booting usually does the trick) does it actually show anything in hard drive section? One possibility: I've had a hard drive fail because one of the pins got pushed back into the connector and so was only making intermittent contact. It's worth a try! Neil From: "Fubar Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:13:00 -0700 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 05:07:52 GMT From: "Fubar Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present Hi everyone (and a special hello to the chickens!) Thanks to everyone who has posted re my hard drive problem. I ran FDISK (from A: and C:) and get the message "no fixed disks present" C:DIR reports "volume in drive C is MS-RAMDRIVE" So, I checked myself into a new place with aircon and a 'fridge in the room (luxury!) but unfortunately am still unable to get any sign of life from the real C drive (even though this *is* something I *do* have previous experience of - I successfully retrieved a vital file, modified since last backup, from the 20Mb ;-) hard drive of an Amstrad 1640, about 10 years ago; isn't technological advance a wonderful thing - I can use a *much* smaller 'fridge now!) Does this narrow it down to a hardware problem? Is there any possibility it could be caused by something as simple as a bad connection which I might be able to locate if I investigate further? What is the concensus in respect of me ever seeing my data again? As always - thanks for any and all thoughts/comments/suggestions Sincerely... Steve Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:31:08 GMT From: "Fubar Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present Hello Galliform Sapients, Chickens, and anyone else who is reading It looks awfully as if the bios is seeing *nothing* where a disk ought to be...I know this is a long shot, but if you wake up the bios (lots of escs as the machine is booting usually does the trick) does it actually show anything in hard drive section? TVM Neil - I'll check ASAP - later today. I have noticed however that when it boots, the "Toshiba - in touch with tomorrow" splash screen displays for several seconds (ie much longer than it used to prior to this problem) before it asks for the (bios?) password. The HDC error message appears after the password is accepted (regardless of the the floppy drive being in place or not). Don't know if there any clues in that. One possibility: I've had a hard drive fail because one of the pins got pushed back into the connector and so was only making intermittent contact. It's worth a try! I've never been inside the machine... but I guess it's possible it was assembled incorrectly at the factory (was that the case with yours, Neil?) Can anyone point me at any information which will explain what is involved in physically getting at the hard drive? I'll have to go shopping for implements as I think my toolkit here (a swiss army penknife and a mini-maglite) may prove somewhat inedequate. TIA Sincerely... Steve Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:52:16 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present Below... From: "Fubar Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:38:00 -0700 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:31:08 GMT From: "Fubar Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present Hello Galliform Sapients, Chickens, and anyone else who is reading It looks awfully as if the bios is seeing *nothing* where a disk ought to be...I know this is a long shot, but if you wake up the bios (lots of escs as the machine is booting usually does the trick) does it actually show anything in hard drive section? TVM Neil - I'll check ASAP - later today. I have noticed however that when it boots, the "Toshiba - in touch with tomorrow" splash screen displays for several seconds (ie much longer than it used to prior to this problem) before it asks for the (bios?) password. The HDC error message appears after the password is accepted (regardless of the the floppy drive being in place or not). Don't know if there any clues in that. Remind me what the model is? IIRC it's newer than my CT50 which doesn't have the splash screen...but the bios hangs early on while it's looking for system things - one of which is the disk. One possibility: I've had a hard drive fail because one of the pins got pushed back into the connector and so was only making intermittent contact. It's worth a try! I've never been inside the machine... but I guess it's possible it was assembled incorrectly at the factory (was that the case with yours, Neil?) erm, no blush...it got reassembled too many times with no case on it to support the disc and a pin got slightly out of line so it missed the hole, and at the next insertion the pin went back into the housing instead. Can anyone point me at any information which will explain what is involved in physically getting at the hard drive? I'll have to go shopping for implements as I think my toolkit here (a swiss army penknife and a mini-maglite) may prove somewhat inedequate. If it's not a 50 or 70 I couldn't say - but I'd take a guess at there being two screws on a cover at one end of the machine...00 or 000 crosshead screwdriver will be enough to remove it. Neil TIA Sincerely... Steve Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:08:30 -0400 From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Here's one for the gallery: I want to partition a drive with 2 FAT16 partitions but I want the second partition to be at the end of the disk. I want 2.047GB for C:, an empty space of roughly 2GB and then an extended partition of roughly 2GB at the end on my 6GB disk. All from a DOS 6.22 floppy with no Windows or PartMagic. Any ideas on a command line that will do this or another free util? Greg ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on.
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:23:29 -0400 From: Jim Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. I replaced the original Win95 OS with Win98 (98Lite) and converted to FAT32. All Toshiba utility and driver files were loaded. Everything works well except for one thing. When I shut down Win98 it shuts down the computer but like it did before but the Off/On Led does not go off. Only if I then press the Power button for 4-5 Seconds will the Off/On LED go off. I have checked the power management and power saver utilities and can't find a problem. Hibernation is not enabled. Any ideas on what I did wrong? I do now have a fast Win98 system (NO IE) with quick-start icons that loads in less than 30 sec and only uses about 130 MB. Thanks, Jim ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:37:14 -0400 From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) I was afraid someone would ask. Here's the short version of it: My automated/unattended installation of NT4 requires a fat16 primary partition. No problem except that fat16 from a dos6.22 fdisk is limited to 2.047GB. After NT is installed, the remainder of the drive can be partitioned as needed but you are still stuck with the 2GB C:. Using the "extendOEMpartition" option, I can tell the installation to use the primary partition (2GB) and any free space following it up to the 8GB limit as the new C:. If there is a second partition on the drive and it is immediately following the primary partition (which is where fdisk will place it) then the extendOEMpartition is useless for creating a 4GB C: and a 2GB D: in this way. I need a 2GB primary, xGB free space, and then a 2GB extended partition in that order. My solution now is tedious at best. Please hold on to the bar for this one... 1. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Create a 4GB primary partition. 2. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Create a 10MB primary partition and a 2GB extended partition. 3. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Delete the 10MB primary partition. 4. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Delete the 4GB (non-DOS) partition. Create a 2GB primary partition. The 10MB primary from the fat16 disk is needed in order for dos6.22 to let me create the fat16 extended partition. Fat32 then sees 2 primary partitions and lets me delete one of them. Fat16 sees the fat32 primary as a non-DOS partition and lets me delete it as well thus leaving a single extended partition at the end of the disk and the ability to create a 2GB primary at the beginning. I told you it was tedious. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:21:10 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Why not just create an fat 16 partition, install NT, Get everything working, convert it to NTFS after NT has been installed and working. Then run partition magic and extend the rest of that partition to the entire disk. Thus one big partition. Andy I was afraid someone would ask. Here's the short version of it: My automated/unattended installation of NT4 requires a fat16 primary partition. No problem except that fat16 from a dos6.22 fdisk is limited to 2.047GB. After NT is installed, the remainder of the drive can be partitioned as needed but you are still stuck with the 2GB C:. Using the "extendOEMpartition" option, I can tell the installation to use the primary partition (2GB) and any free space following it up to the 8GB limit as the new C:. If there is a second partition on the drive and it is immediately following the primary partition (which is where fdisk will place it) then the extendOEMpartition is useless for creating a 4GB C: and a 2GB D: in this way. I need a 2GB primary, xGB free space, and then a 2GB extended partition in that order. My solution now is tedious at best. Please hold on to the bar for this one... 1. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Create a 4GB primary partition. 2. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Create a 10MB primary partition and a 2GB extended partition. 3. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Delete the 10MB primary partition. 4. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Delete the 4GB (non-DOS) partition. Create a 2GB primary partition. The 10MB primary from the fat16 disk is needed in order for dos6.22 to let me create the fat16 extended partition. Fat32 then sees 2 primary partitions and lets me delete one of them. Fat16 sees the fat32 primary as a non-DOS partition and lets me delete it as well thus leaving a single extended partition at the end of the disk and the ability to create a 2GB primary at the beginning. I told you it was tedious. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:58:05 -0400 From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) This is supposed to be a rather automated install for the masses who don't have the hardware to install Win2000. I can't justify buying 5,000 copies of PartMagic for an OS that is being phased out via attrition. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 12:38 PM To: Libretto Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:21:10 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Why not just create an fat 16 partition, install NT, Get everything working, convert it to NTFS after NT has been installed and working. Then run partition magic and extend the rest of that partition to the entire disk. Thus one big partition. Andy I was afraid someone would ask. Here's the short version of it: My automated/unattended installation of NT4 requires a fat16 primary partition. No problem except that fat16 from a dos6.22 fdisk is limited to 2.047GB. After NT is installed, the remainder of the drive can be partitioned as needed but you are still stuck with the 2GB C:. Using the "extendOEMpartition" option, I can tell the installation to use the primary partition (2GB) and any free space following it up to the 8GB limit as the new C:. If there is a second partition on the drive and it is immediately following the primary partition (which is where fdisk will place it) then the extendOEMpartition is useless for creating a 4GB C: and a 2GB D: in this way. I need a 2GB primary, xGB free space, and then a 2GB extended partition in that order. My solution now is tedious at best. Please hold on to the bar for this one... 1. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Create a 4GB primary partition. 2. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Create a 10MB primary partition and a 2GB extended partition. 3. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Delete the 10MB primary partition. 4. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Delete the 4GB (non-DOS) partition. Create a 2GB primary partition. The 10MB primary from the fat16 disk is needed in order for dos6.22 to let me create the fat16 extended partition. Fat32 then sees 2 primary partitions and lets me delete one of them. Fat16 sees the fat32 primary as a non-DOS partition and lets me delete it as well thus leaving a single extended partition at the end of the disk and the ability to create a 2GB primary at the beginning. I told you it was tedious. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:01:55 -0400 From: "Berlant, Michael S" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) I see two problems with that. First, one of the original premises is not to have to purchase Partition Magic or any other paid software utility. Second, isn't it dangerous to use NTFS for the C: partition? NTFS is good for the D: partition and beyond, but if you develop any corruption within the C: partition (very likely on a subportable like the Libretto, likely enough on any other PC), I don't believe there are any utilities on the market that can boot in DOS (from a floppy) and repair NTFS (on the HDD). Why not install NT on a 100MB (or more, if you need it just for the Operating System) FAT16 partition on C: and then NT FDISK the D: partition for [Disk size - c: - 2GB] and then create the E: partition for 2GB of FAT? And, by the way, don't forget to leave room for the hibernation area. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 9:38 AM To: Libretto Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Why not just create an fat 16 partition, install NT, Get everything working, convert it to NTFS after NT has been installed and working. Then run partition magic and extend the rest of that partition to the entire disk. Thus one big partition. Andy ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on.
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:06:53 -0400 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. - Original Message - From: "Jim Ferguson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:28 AM Subject: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:23:29 -0400 From: Jim Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. I replaced the original Win95 OS with Win98 (98Lite) and converted to FAT32. All Toshiba utility and driver files were loaded. Everything works well except for one thing. When I shut down Win98 it shuts down the computer but like it did before but the Off/On Led does not go off. Only if I then press the Power button for 4-5 Seconds will the Off/On LED go off. I have checked the power management and power saver utilities and can't find a problem. Hibernation is not enabled. Any ideas on what I did wrong? I do now have a fast Win98 system (NO IE) with quick-start icons that loads in less than 30 sec and only uses about 130 MB. Did you updated your L100 BIOS to make it ACPI compliant with Win98 before you install Win98? Sounds like the problem with power management. Also if you installed Win98SE, check Microsoft web site for a shutdown supplement patch. Lawrence ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:16:52 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Well in that case you just need 1 copy of ghost enterprise edition. It will expand the partition and dump NT. Takes 15-30 minutes per operating system. That way you just pay for 1 ghost EE and NT Workstation. Just make sure you download NewSID (free). Andy This is supposed to be a rather automated install for the masses who don't have the hardware to install Win2000. I can't justify buying 5,000 copies of PartMagic for an OS that is being phased out via attrition. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 12:38 PM To: Libretto Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:21:10 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Why not just create an fat 16 partition, install NT, Get everything working, convert it to NTFS after NT has been installed and working. Then run partition magic and extend the rest of that partition to the entire disk. Thus one big partition. Andy I was afraid someone would ask. Here's the short version of it: My automated/unattended installation of NT4 requires a fat16 primary partition. No problem except that fat16 from a dos6.22 fdisk is limited to 2.047GB. After NT is installed, the remainder of the drive can be partitioned as needed but you are still stuck with the 2GB C:. Using the "extendOEMpartition" option, I can tell the installation to use the primary partition (2GB) and any free space following it up to the 8GB limit as the new C:. If there is a second partition on the drive and it is immediately following the primary partition (which is where fdisk will place it) then the extendOEMpartition is useless for creating a 4GB C: and a 2GB D: in this way. I need a 2GB primary, xGB free space, and then a 2GB extended partition in that order. My solution now is tedious at best. Please hold on to the bar for this one... 1. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Create a 4GB primary partition. 2. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Create a 10MB primary partition and a 2GB extended partition. 3. Boot with a fat32 boot disk. Delete the 10MB primary partition. 4. Boot with a fat16 boot disk. Delete the 4GB (non-DOS) partition. Create a 2GB primary partition. The 10MB primary from the fat16 disk is needed in order for dos6.22 to let me create the fat16 extended partition. Fat32 then sees 2 primary partitions and lets me delete one of them. Fat16 sees the fat32 primary as a non-DOS partition and lets me delete it as well thus leaving a single extended partition at the end of the disk and the ability to create a 2GB primary at the beginning. I told you it was tedious. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE---
RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:18:34 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) You have a point with the libretto. But you can use NTFSPro to repair NT partitions. Can't say its perfect but I guess it would be easier with Fat16 on a libretto. I guess you need fat16 for the hibernation area. Andy I see two problems with that. First, one of the original premises is not to have to purchase Partition Magic or any other paid software utility. Second, isn't it dangerous to use NTFS for the C: partition? NTFS is good for the D: partition and beyond, but if you develop any corruption within the C: partition (very likely on a subportable like the Libretto, likely enough on any other PC), I don't believe there are any utilities on the market that can boot in DOS (from a floppy) and repair NTFS (on the HDD). Why not install NT on a 100MB (or more, if you need it just for the Operating System) FAT16 partition on C: and then NT FDISK the D: partition for [Disk size - c: - 2GB] and then create the E: partition for 2GB of FAT? And, by the way, don't forget to leave room for the hibernation area. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 9:38 AM To: Libretto Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Why not just create an fat 16 partition, install NT, Get everything working, convert it to NTFS after NT has been installed and working. Then run partition magic and extend the rest of that partition to the entire disk. Thus one big partition. Andy ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on.
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:39:09 -0400 From: Jim Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. I did update the bios. Installation was Not Win98SE. (regular Win98) Jim Lawrence Young wrote: Did you updated your L100 BIOS to make it ACPI compliant with Win98 before you install Win98? Sounds like the problem with power management. Also if you installed Win98SE, check Microsoft web site for a shutdown supplement patch. Lawrence ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on.
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:55:54 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. I replaced the original Win95 OS with Win98 (98Lite) and converted to FAT32. All Toshiba utility and driver files were loaded. Everything works well except for one thing. When I shut down Win98 it shuts down the computer but like it did before but the Off/On Led does not go off. Only if I then press the Power button for 4-5 Seconds will the Off/On LED go off. I have had an identical thing happen to my L100CT last night. Except in my case I am running the original W95 that came pre-installed. It only happens occasionally, however, and I believe it is a symtom of some application or driver not terminating properly. Once I eventually get it to shutdown, it has always come back and worked properly after the next try. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:03:44 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Well, you *could* do it with a bit of hex editing... Or make three partitions, delete the middle one? Or fdisk from most linuxes let you specify start and end cylinders, then you can change the file system type to dos fat16 before you format from dos. I have to ask: why? Neil From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:18:00 -0700 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:08:30 -0400 From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fdisk question (non-Lib specific) Here's one for the gallery: I want to partition a drive with 2 FAT16 partitions but I want the second partition to be at the end of the disk. I want 2.047GB for C:, an empty space of roughly 2GB and then an extended partition of roughly 2GB at the end on my 6GB disk. All from a DOS 6.22 floppy with no Windows or PartMagic. Any ideas on a command line that will do this or another free util? Greg ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Memory upgrade
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:38:00 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Memory upgrade They must have given you a 8MB RAM module instead of a 16MB module. Libretto 50 CT but memory checking and Windows 95 read only 24 Mb and not 32Mb. What is wrong? Could anybody help me? = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:30:34 -0400 From: "Paul D. J. Davila" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive someone remind me again how do I access the bios on a lib50 Paul D. J. Davila www.geocities.com/bronco7794 http://www.geocities.com/bronco7794 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LIOR EC4WD EBR mailing list LMB mailing list -Original Message- From: neil barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 1:28 PM To: Libretto Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:21:11 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive This leaves three places where the fault might lie...either the control chippery has let the smoke out (unlikely but we've seen (e.g.) CT50 disc drive chips that won't work if they're clocked), the drive ism't making a proper contact in the socket - unlikely if it hasn't been in and out a few times, or the drive electronics have had it. Damn. (Sorry Karen - I meant *^%) Unless the bios has twists in its underwear - which is unlikely given that everything else seems to work, I'd be looking at getting that drive out of the machine and onto a 2.5 - 3.5 IDE adaptor as a secondary master (IE remove anything else from the second IDE drive cable - usually CDRom) in a desktop and seeing if it's visible from there. If it is, backup fast... If it seems to behave there, you could try (after backing up) to fdisk and format, and if that works, looks like a hardware fault in the Lib :( Neil From: "Fubar Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:28:05 -0700 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:21:16 GMT From: "Fubar Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - BIOS says No Drive It looks awfully as if the bios is seeing *nothing* where a disk ought to be...I know this is a long shot, but if you wake up the bios (lots of escs as the machine is booting usually does the trick) does it actually show anything in hard drive section? Well I can now confirm this was a good guess! The BIOS states: ACPI BIOS V 7.40 I cannot access any of the following settings:- - PERIPHERAL - Hard Disk Mode = Not Used - DRIVES I/O - Built-in HDD = No Drive - PCI BUS - PCI Bus = IRQ11 - IO PORTS - 3 setting to do with sound/synthesizer/midi/etc The BIOS 'Set Default Values' option (Fn, Home) resets the default value on the settings that I can access, but has no effect on any of the settings listed above. I presume the DRIVES I/O is the relevant one? Can I not access it because the BIOS has 'determined' the installed hard drive does not exist at all? What can I deduce from this? Does this indicate the fault lies with the drive or elsewhere? Remind me what the model is? 110 If it's not a 50 or 70 I couldn't say - but I'd take a guess at there being two screws on a cover at one end of the machine...00 or 000 crosshead screwdriver will be enough to remove it. TVM, I'll take a look when I get back... Sincerely... Steve Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to
Re: Memory upgrade
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 01:53:01 +0200 From: "Miki" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Memory upgrade Hi David. They must have given you a 8MB RAM module instead of a 16MB module. I don't tink so. The P/N is correct and the QC code of RAM is the same of the QC reported on packaging. Windows hangs up with expansion installed. so I think that the problem is not the size of the module. Saluti. Fabio ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
