From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Jul 03 1998 - 03:06:29 EDT
Rob..
good answer..!
saves me a LOT of typing.. :-)
ALSO NOTE:
the 8.1gig will work ONLY in the 770ED.. and NOT in the 770-1AU..
not sure about the other sub-models in each group or the why of it..
(i know this much.. win95 and the TP bios do not seem to agree on the
cylinder, head, sector totals and thus kick the drivers over to DOS
compatibility mode.. also, a fellow in germany who has my first 8.1gig reports
he is uning NT4 with no problem)
otherwise any IBM HDD will work in the 770..
Rob Bell wrote:
> Pete,
>
> I can answer one of your questions (see below):
>
>
**snip**
>
>
> It would almost certainly not come with an OS installed. I don't know
> that I've ever seen this. It would be pretty hard to sell this way
> because ultimately lots of drivers and setting have to be customized for
> the particular laptop that it's being used in.
>
hmm.. nmaybe yes, maybe no.. :-)
> When buying an extra HD for the 770 there are a couple of things to be
> aware of. First, you have to read the description carefully to see if
> the drive is built with the correct shell to fit the regular HD bay.
> Only a 770-specific HD will fit there. Sometimes you'll see drives
> advertised for the 770 but in the fine print it says you can only use
> them in the Ultrabay with an adapter. Most drives built for the 76x
> models will work in a 770 with an adapter (about $69) in the Ultrabay.
> This same adapter is also required to use a 770-specific drive in the
> Ultrabay. Another option is to buy a generic drive and insert the guts
> into a 770 or 76x drive shell. I don't know much about this. There is
> someone else on the ThinkPad list (Bill Morrow, I believe) that sells
> these shells. I think his web site is http://thinkpads.com.
>
yes, i do..
> If you buy a HD that you can only use in the Ultrabay, you can still
> install another OS on it and boot from it. However, things can get
> tricky with this setup. For instance, you can't use the Ultrabay CD
> player when the HD is installed, so you might have to copy the OS's
> setup CD to the built in drive or connect to another computer's shared
> CD drive via a network adapter to do the install. I have successfully
> installed Linux and Win98 this way on a HD in the Ultrabay. You'll need
> to make a change in the BIOS's boot sequence to be able to boot from the
> HD in the Ultrabay (HD2) and you'll have to change it back to boot from
> the main HD (HD1).
>
> If you have more specific questions I'd be happy to field them.
**snip**
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