From: Vernon Wankerl (wankerl_at_ibm.net)
Date: Wed Aug 05 1998 - 12:05:01 EDT
David,
I installed the 2G dirve into a parallel-port harddrive adapter and use
it for additional drive space. It is a little slow but it sure is nice
to have that flexibility. So, in answer to your question, no I don't
have any spare drives at this time.
David S. Crombie wrote:
>
> you don't happen to have the 2gig kicking around do you? If so, want to part
> with it? (I am using a compressed 810 right now)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vernon Wankerl <wankerl_at_ibm.net>
> To: ThinkPad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 1:46 PM
> Subject: Re: 365XD harddrive issue
>
> I have upgraded my 1 gig hard drive in my 365XD twice. Once to a 2 gig
> and then to a 3 gig. The 2 gig had the mounting holes in the same place
> as the original 1 gig, but the 3 gig had different mounting holes. I
> found that the metal bracket actually had holes for both mounting
> locations, it is just that IBM put some sticking-back insulating dots
> over the unused holes. That is a good example of some forward thinking,
> don't you think?
>
> Alban Gerd Kellerbauer wrote:
> >
> > You can use any slimline (12 mm thick) 2.5-inch IDE hard drive with the
> > 365X/XD and the latest BIOS. There may be an issue with the screw holes
> > for the small metal bracket that holds the drive in place. Not all drives
> > have the holes in the same place.
> > If you don't have the latest BIOS, you can do a flash upgrade in about
> > three minutes.
> >
> > Alban
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, LightSide wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 2 Aug 1998 14:03:49 -0400 (EDT), Alban Gerd Kellerbauer wrote:
> > >
> > > >it possible to use the module on all 365X/XD. You may remember that
> HDD's
> > > >over 2.1 GB were not supported either by the early BIOS revisions on
> this
> > > >machine.
> > >
> > > If I understand this correctly there is a special 2.1 HD for the 365XD.
> Now does that mean early
> > > bios would support only that and now the newest (for win98) BIOS upgrade
> will support larger
> > > harddrives? And if so, which ones and their P/N?
> > >
> > >
> > > Also still no word really one that error with my harddrive. I'm gonna be
> going to an OS/2 user group meeting
> > > this wednesday so I'll ask around up there.
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert Mears
> > > Certified Key and Button Pusher
> > > robertm_at_az.com
> > > OS/2 Warp v4: Because you deserve more than an os designed for games
> > >
> >
> > A. Kellerbauer
> >
> > McGill University Nuclear Physics
> > Montréal (Québec)
> > UIN 8141789
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