Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:07:56 -0700
From: Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 110 HD upgrade? (John Martin method)
Hi:
Would you mind please clearing up a few issues on your method to allow the
110ct BIOS to see the full 120Gig without using a drive overlay? Using your
method, will I end up
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:46:05 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade? (John Martin method)
Hi Joseph,
Answering for John (w/o asking, sorry) :-)
Joseph wrote:
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:07:56 -0700
From: Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 110 HD
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
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
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:33:50 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
hello Tony,
Tony Oresteen wrote:
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 01:40:51 -0500
From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
^^^ I've hidden your e-mail address.
Now
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
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:38:00 +0100
From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
just as well fit in the Libby.
Any idea about the HD LED operation in the Libs? As that
seems flawed with recent high-capacity hard disks.
This is what I also observe
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:15:07 +
From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tony Oresteen wrote:
Please note that you have to take special care when partioning the drive
for the Libby - 8 gig overlay issue AND you
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:16:18 -0700
From: Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
Will this fit in my 110CT?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136007
- Original Message -
From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Libretto libretto
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 01:40:51 -0500
From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
Phil,
With the 70CT and the 100CT, you do need an overlay to get past 8 gigs.
Just tonight I set up a 10 gig drive for my new Libby 70CT. I didn't use
FDISK I used Partition Magic
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 01:43:13 -0500
From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
It shoud but they sent me a Samsung 120 gig not a WD (at least I'm perty
sure it's them I ordered it from. I'll have to check at work next week).
The Samsung will fit for sure
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:03:24 -0500
From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 HD upgrade??
I just bought a 120 gig hard drive for $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136007
Last year I upgraded my Libretto 100CT to a 40 Gig for about the same
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:43:18 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions
Raymond wrote:
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:53:13 +1100
From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:36:12 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:40:37 -0600 (CST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:43:05 +1100
From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions
At 10:44 AM 16/11/2005 -0800, you wrote:
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:43:18 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:05:18 -0800 (PST)
From: matthew patton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions
Win2k and XP won't do a 32GB FAT32 partition (except it doesn't
actually
tell you until it gets partway through the formatting process
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:34:09 -0600 (CST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions and Outline
Hello Everyone...
I have a few questions/ideas relative to hibernation on the Libretto 110CT.
I understand that BIOS Hibernation on the Libretto is unable
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:22:05 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions and
Outline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:34:09 -0600 (CST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:44:11 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions and
My easy way was to stick the drive in, make a small partiion, install windows,
then run a disk zeroing program that would zero out all
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:40:37 -0600 (CST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions and
Hello Philip Nienhuis and thank you again for additional information.
I apologize for my inaccuracy relative to Megabytes. (and likely other areas I
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:53:13 +1100
From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions
and
Sounds like a plan but I think you may have a couple of issues.
I think Win98 is one of those operating systems that needs the drive
overlay to work
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:47:37 -0600 (CST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto HD Upgrade - Hibernation Area - Questions
Hello Raymond and thank you for the warning.
I have been using this Toshiba 100GB drive for about three weeks in a couple
of configurations. One
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:12:32 +0200
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade - HD Disappears
Mark Srebnik wrote:
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:08:45 -0700
From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade - HD
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:40:38 -0700
From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade - HD Disappears
Hi Philip,
Well, right on target as usual!
You were right, I have EZ-Drive installed and wasn't following the right
boot up steps...once I did
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:42:58 -0700
From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade - HD Disappears
Thanks for your help Matt!
But turns out that I just needed to let EZ-Drive start boot and then boot
from floppy... ;-)
Thanks,
Mark
Less Frustrated
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:53:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade - HD Disappears
--- Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Thanks for your help Matt!
But turns out that I just needed to let EZ-Drive
start boot and then boot
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:08:45 -0700
From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade - HD Disappears
Just tried to setup a new 20 GB HD in my 110CT...weird stuff happening..
Tried to follow approach shown below...but problems...
If I boot Win98SE boot floppy disk
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:06:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade - HD Disappears
Sounds like you may have problems with the DOS drivers
you set up to access your CD-ROM drive in DOS. How
did you go about that? What drivers from
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 13:40:40 +0200
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Catch 22 ?? - Please Advise - Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade
Mark Srebnik wrote:
:
snip
:
Floppy Drive doesn't work on one of the Librettos. Looks like
floppy drive drive files
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 21:06:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Catch 22 ?? - Please Advise - Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade
However, bought a CD-R drive the other day and wanted to install driver on
floppy disk. Floppy Drive doesn't work on one
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 18:00:10 -0700
From: Mark Srebnik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Catch 22 ?? - Please Advise - Floppy/CD Usage - OS/HD Upgrade
Greetings Libretterati,
Got my Librettos the other day. They boot up (Win95) OK and look good.
ISSUE 1 - Floppy Drive - CD-ROM DRIVE:
However
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:20:30 +0800
From: Oliver Chua [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
Everyone,
Thank you very much for everyones help. The installation was a bitch but
eventually successful. Would never have been able to do it without your help.
regards,
Oliver
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:12:15 +
From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But, for those wanting the best performance, you can't beat a 5400rpm HD
in a
laptop, and it really does make it feel snappier if you start to do
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:58:14 +
From: barnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
On Friday 17 Jan 2003 6:26 am, you wrote:
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 06:03:11 +
From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
Yeah... that's really off-base with any
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 08:18:42 +0800
From: Oliver Chua [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
David, Lee, Matt,
Again, thank you for all your comments. I will be purchasing my hard drive
today and will probably install it tonite if I do have the time. I may not
be able to respond
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:16:26 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
Again, thank you for all your comments. I will be purchasing my hard drive
today and will probably install it tonite if I do have the time. I may not
I'm getting itchy myself
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:30:40 +
From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm getting itchy myself for another HD upgrade even though I'm on a
20GB
right now. That announcement of a 60GB 5400rpm 2.5 IBM
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:29:51 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
9.06 EZ-BIOS from WD works with all drives. It's good and nothing wrong with
it. I use it all day long for over a year on my L110 w/20GB.
--
See Libretto Mailing List Archives. I
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:40:59 +0800
From: Oliver Chua [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
Lee, Matt,
Thank you for all the replies. Very helpful. I did look at David's site
and now I'm totally confused. Let me quote ...
Libretto hibernates to the end of the drive
space
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:03:07 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
In a message dated 1/16/03 4:31:24 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lee, Matt,
Thank you for all the replies. Very helpful. I did look at David's site
and now I'm totally
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 06:03:11 +
From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you for all the replies. Very helpful. I did look at David's
site
and now I'm totally confused. Let me quote ... snip
Hopefully David
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 07:35:52 +0800
From: Oliver Chua [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
Matt,
Thank you for the reply. Please see my inserted replies ...
If the HDD is 9.5mm (9.2, 9.4?? I think that's the minimum size for all
large drives these days), then yes. You'll need
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:05:21 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
In a message dated 1/15/03 4:29:22 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matt,
Thank you for the reply. Please see my inserted replies ...
If the HDD is 9.5mm (9.2, 9.4?? I
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:14:59 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
In a message dated 1/15/03 5:07:41 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oliver,
I'll help as much as I can, I've done this with a 100CT. First, list
member
David Chein has
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 03:47:05 +
From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
In a message dated 1/15/03 4:29:22 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I assume that was a typo error and you must have meant 8GB BIOS
boundary
problem 8-).
Oops
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:16:06 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] HD upgrade
In a message dated 1/15/03 8:49:27 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
snip
David Chein has a GREAT web site at www.silverace.com/libretto where he
hosts
a downloadable copy
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:13:46 +0800
From: Oliver Chua [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HD upgrade
Hi Everyone,
I'm new here and a very proud owner for many years of my Libretto 50CT.
However, the original hard drive is completely full to the max already. I
would like to know if I could upgrade
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:01:02 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
Two years and counting... No problems yet ;^)
Ken
-Original Message-
From: Pres Waterman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12,
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:01:04 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
This was shortly after I stripped the thread off one of the screws trying to
see if I had a P120 CPU or not... When it booted up, I swore toi nev
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:39:04 +0100
From: "Alexandre Kaoukhov" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: HD upgrade
Take a look at page I wrote a year ago
http://pcmcia2ide.da.ru/
-Original Message-
From: Paul D. J. Davila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 20
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 02:10:38 -0500
From: "Paul D. J. Davila" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HD upgrade
I am considering upgrading my hard drive on my lib50 but am looking for the
cable/kit I need to interface the lib drive directly with my desktop so I
can set up the drive before
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:46:06
From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
From: "Ken Hansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Low-cost HD upgrade for lib
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:44:10 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade
Well, I would suggest getting a drive tray like this
(http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=TC
1-8000) to make it easy to insert/remove the drive
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:45:49 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
Actually, this nice thin piece of metal (thick foil actually) got sheared
off, and I had to pull it out of the drive bay... but never caused a
problem..
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:25:50
From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
shudder!
From: "Ken Hansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Low-cost HD upgrade
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:37:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Christian Kuiphoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
If you remove the plastic spacers, it won't be such a tight fit.
Chris
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=21020
--- Ken Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:47:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Christian Kuiphoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade
Try this at Outpost.com;
Outpost # 84092 Qty: 1
Description: ExDrive PCMCIA External Hard Drive Kit with ExData
Pro Price: $89.95
The software stinks, but it did image both of my
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:48:36 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
I just ordered from www.dirtcheapdrives.com a 4.3 Gig 9.5mm 2.5" IDE drive for $69.
The drive is an IBM DA24320 4.3 Gig HD with 4200rpm speed. This see
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:57:42 -0500
From: "Paul D. J. Davila" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Low-cost HD upgrade for libretto owners...
are there any cheap prices on drives that you don't have to modify the case
on?
Paul D. J. Davila
www.geocities.com/bronco7794 http://www.geo
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:58:24 +0100
From: Kapusta Gerhard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: HD upgrade 8mg limit
Hi Richard!
What I found out about installing HD's 8GB and hibernating:
- Install the big disk
- use DOS Fdisk to create partitions
- use an operating system which does not use
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 09:00:18
From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade 8mg limit
From: Richard Munson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade 8mg limit
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 15:21:41 -0800
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 09:02:24
From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade 8mg limit
Skip,
I think the problem here is the apps are too big to fit in the window - kde
works nicely with the toolbars set to vanish - they only take up a couple of
lines then.
Neil
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 19:15:39 -0800
From: Skip Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade 8mg limit
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 23:08:02 +
From: Richard Munson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade 8mg limit
Secondly a problem with the screen size and Linux, the desktop is fine
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 23:08:02 +
From: Richard Munson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade 8mg limit
thanks for the reply, sofar seems to work fine.
Mandrake 7.2 installed on the portion of the drive not seen by bios,
however I am concerned that by using a combination of fdisk
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:05:33 +
From: Richard Munson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HD upgrade 8mg limit
I am sure this has been dealt with before but I cant find the relevent
information.
Machine 70CT 32meg ram.
I have just upgraded to a new HD IBM travel star 10gb, however the machined
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:00:08 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HD upgrade 8mg limit
1. Use IBM's disk manager for free off www.storage.ibm.com
2. Use Partition Magic to create the partitions
3. Use Win2K, which bypasses what the BIOS says it sees and can partition
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