From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 01:11:29 EDT
Bill, When you say that a unit like the 365 can only handle a 6.4G disk,
are you in essence referring to the largest disk that the bios knows about
in terms of disk geometries, etc?
The reason I ask, is a friend wants to try some version of Linux, and wants
to use a larger disk than the common wisdom says you can. If its a matter
of dealing with disk geometries, then I would think that as long as the
Linux partition (or whatever) starts within a boundary that the bios can
deal with, once the op system is going it wouldn't have to use bios
geometries at all, and might work on a larger disk.
Or, are there other reasons why so many of the older TP's max out at
6.4G?
Thanks!
--STeve Andre'
At 01:01 AM 9/8/00 -0400, Bill Morrow wrote:
>365X series will support a 64meg memory upgrade..
>expensive.. about $200..
>
>HDD..? up to 6.4gig, as long as it is 12.5mm thick or less..
>most are now 9mm.. cost varies..
>
>Mike Ford wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>--
>---
>
>Happy trails...
>
>** Bill Morrow ** :-)
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