From: mabon_at_qx.net
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 18:02:18 EDT
I have a 365X.
Memory maxed out at 40MB.
IBM 4.6GB hard drive, dual booting Win98 and SuSE Linux 6.4.
I used the old drive carrier. The 4 side screws mount the carrier to the drive, and the 1 corner tab still screws to the mainboard. The 2 screws that hold the foil shield in place can not be used since there is no longer a place to anchor them in to.
Other that that, the 365X recognizes the drive fine, and Win98 has no problems with it. On Linux though, I do have to set the linear option in LILO to allow Linux to used the drive.
This configuration worked fine for over 1.5 years. Had to replace the drive last month, (under warrenty), because the Win98 partition crashed, and I was unable to reformat or partition. Linux partition continued to run fine though. (Until I kept playing w/it until the whole drive stopped working)
Took the drive back to the point of purchase, and had a new drive in about 2 weeks.
Don Klapper
Computer Systems / Electronics Technician
American Greetings, Corp.
Danville, KY
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From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 13:54:46 -0800
Subject: [365XD] upgrading HD and ram?
I haven't been on the list in a LONG time, just putting along with my 365XD
24/810 with even the IBM Home and Away 14.4k modem/ethernet card working
just fine. Time has come, upgrade or die.
Ram I think is sorted out, buy a 32 MB SO Dimm 3.3v EDO 42H2769 or better a
Kingston KTM760ELD32, and sell the 16 MB thats in it.
Hard Drive has me a bit confused, IBM is telling me only the original
options should be used, ie 810 mb (what I have now) and 1.08 GB. That
stinks if true, as several local places have TravelStar 4.3 GB drives for
less than $90. What looks most tempting at about $45 is IBM Travelstar
2110MB (2.1GB) IDE Hard Drive Model # DCRA-22110. The higher capacity
Travelstar is 9.5 mm, the smaller is 17 mm. Neither have IBM carriers, but
I am guessing I can reuse my old one. Can I be sure its going to fit/work
before installing it?
What is a good way to back up my hard drive? I have a working 10bt ethernet
network at home, right now all Mac, but soon to have a couple PCs (W95
various *nix) on it. Ideally I would like to backup over the network and
burn a CDR so I could just pop the CDR into the 365XD and restore. I also
have the little adapter that converts a laptop drive into a normal IDE that
can plug into a desktop PC. One store suggested I use that and a program
called "drivecopy". Thanks for any help.
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