Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install?
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:54:40 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install?
In a message dated 5/1/2005 3:54:58 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The FDD
> doesn't seem to be very particular about drivers.
>
> But it seems any of the drivers we've mentioned should install fine by going
> through the process I outlined. I've don't recall running any such .bat
> file as John described.
>
> Matt
>
I guess I would disagree. When I set up W98se on my L100, the floppy drive
was unusable except under DOS - and I had installed the W95 utilities package -
until I installed the W98 L110 FDD driver.
This FDD driver listed under the L110 drivers at the Tosh site has been used
on even the L50/70 running W98, IIRC, by some listers in the past (Neil?).
It's functionality is not exclusive to the L110, or the L1xx series, apparently.
There's no .bat file to run for this L110 FDD driver, just unzip it, read the
readme, do what it says to do - voila! But as usual, if there are any other
FDD drivers installed ahead of it, they must be deleted ("removed") through
Device Manager first, otherwise bad things will transpire.
Lee
Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install?
Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 21:54:23 + From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IIRC, the Toshiba W98 FDD driver is a zipped file that, when unzipped, contains a readme file with explicit instructions on driver installation. As I recall, it's not completely straightforward. You may need to delete whatever may have showed up in Device Manager from your first attempt before proceeding. Am I mistaken in assuming that what's needed is the Windows 98 floppy disk driver, listed only under the L110CT drivers on the Tosh support pages? I don't believe that the W95 FDD driver will give the functionality needed under W98. The driver file I'm looking at is identified as "L110FDD8.exe", listed under the L110CT drivers, Huh... to make things fuzzier, I have a file named 'L100FDD8.exe', not 'L110FDD8.exe', in my Libretto driver archives, but I don't remember where I got it or why I stopped using it. The Toshiba USA driver download pages are a bit %#*!ed up, as there's nothing listed specifically for Win95/98 floppy drivers among the L100 driver downloads. Thus the confusion. In the past serveral months I had benen setting up and troubleshooting that dead L110 MB, swapping the L100 & L110 MBs and setting up W98SE numerous times. Somewhere along the way when setting up the FDD, I started to heading to the folder on my G: drive where I'd extracted the drivers from the archive 'L100ctrl.exe' called 'Toshiba Windows 95 Controls for Libretto 100CT' on the Toshiba download pages, and it's been working fine. The FDD doesn't seem to be very particular about drivers. But it seems any of the drivers we've mentioned should install fine by going through the process I outlined. I've don't recall running any such .bat file as John described. Matt Libretto list info: Libretto list archive #1: http://www.technoir.nu/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi Libretto list archive #2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/ To unsubscribe: http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/2004/msg01419.html > Yes, it's a zipped file (fddrv_l110_101.zip) but it hasn't any readme files > in > it. This is the content of the zip file; > FLBFD.INF > FLBFD.PDR > FLBFDVSD.VXD > SETUP.BAT > TSBFLBFD.INF > > And like I said, when I run the .bat file, it copies some files thru dos > command > prompt and that's where I'm now stuck as the fdd still doesn't work after the > files have been copied. Any documentation or help what to do next or what the > complete install procedure is would be handy... > The driver file I'm looking at is identified as "L110FDD8.exe", listed under the L110CT drivers, and it's described by Toshiba as a self-extracting zip file. This is the one I used, and have had no problems, with W98se on a L100CT. BTW, the Tosh support page is now including the U100 as a choice when selecting the Libretto category. There's nothing really there yet but a bunch of generic service bulletins, and a users manual. Lee
Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install?
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 11:41:02 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install? In a message dated 5/1/2005 6:22:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > IIRC, the Toshiba W98 FDD driver is a zipped file that, when unzipped, > > contains a readme file with explicit instructions on driver installation. > As > > I > > recall, it's not completely straightforward. You may need to delete > whatever > > may > > have showed up in Device Manager from your first attempt before proceeding. > > > > Lee > > > > > > Yes, it's a zipped file (fddrv_l110_101.zip) but it hasn't any readme files > in > it. This is the content of the zip file; > FLBFD.INF > FLBFD.PDR > FLBFDVSD.VXD > SETUP.BAT > TSBFLBFD.INF > > And like I said, when I run the .bat file, it copies some files thru dos > command > prompt and that's where I'm now stuck as the fdd still doesn't work after the > files have been copied. Any documentation or help what to do next or what the > complete install procedure is would be handy... > The driver file I'm looking at is identified as "L110FDD8.exe", listed under the L110CT drivers, and it's described by Toshiba as a self-extracting zip file. This is the one I used, and have had no problems, with W98se on a L100CT. BTW, the Tosh support page is now including the U100 as a choice when selecting the Libretto category. There's nothing really there yet but a bunch of generic service bulletins, and a users manual. Lee
Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install?
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 11:31:12 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install? In a message dated 5/1/2005 12:16:53 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > I put win98se in my L100, and now I have a slight problem; how do I > >install > > > the > > > floppy drivers? I downloaded the toshiba floppy .exe. file and ran it, > >it did > > > something but the drive still doesn't work. What should I do next, it > >seemed > > > to > > > install/copy something thru windows command prompt but it seems that the > > > drivers don't still work. Please tell me very explicitly what to do > >next, > > > it's > > > been a very long time since I've had to install drivers the "win95/98 > >way" > > > > > > -John > > > > > > >IIRC, the Toshiba W98 FDD driver is a zipped file that, when unzipped, > >contains a readme file with explicit instructions on driver installation. > >As I > >recall, it's not completely straightforward. You may need to delete > >whatever may > >have showed up in Device Manager from your first attempt before proceeding. > > * Remove anything in Window's Device Manager that may have a yellow/black > error icon. > * Unpack the "Toshiba Windows 95 Controls for Libretto 100CT ' driver file > l100ctrl.exe for your L100 (found on Toshiba USA support pages) with the > file FDCMON.VXD in it to a folder > * Shut the system down > * Connect the floppy drive > * Boot the system. > * When the "New Hardware Found" window pops up, select the "Search for > drivers" option (I think it is). > * On the next window, >make sure the option to search the A: floppy drive is > >disabled<< (or you'll be waiting forever). At the bottom of the window > you can browse to the folder where you put the Lib controls drivers, and > select it. Then just proceed with the process and you should be set. > > Toshiba support & downloads: > > http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp > > Yes... Windows 95 seems a bit odd. > > Matt > Am I mistaken in assuming that what's needed is the Windows 98 floppy disk driver, listed only under the L110CT drivers on the Tosh support pages? I don't believe that the W95 FDD driver will give the functionality needed under W98. Lee
Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install?
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 15:21:51 +0300 From: John Niemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install? > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:53:43 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto floppy drive install? > > > IIRC, the Toshiba W98 FDD driver is a zipped file that, when unzipped, > contains a readme file with explicit instructions on driver installation. As > I > recall, it's not completely straightforward. You may need to delete whatever > may > have showed up in Device Manager from your first attempt before proceeding. > > Lee > > Yes, it's a zipped file (fddrv_l110_101.zip) but it hasn't any readme files in it. This is the content of the zip file; FLBFD.INF FLBFD.PDR FLBFDVSD.VXD SETUP.BAT TSBFLBFD.INF And like I said, when I run the .bat file, it copies some files thru dos command prompt and that's where I'm now stuck as the fdd still doesn't work after the files have been copied. Any documentation or help what to do next or what the complete install procedure is would be handy... -John
