From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 17:37:33 EDT
Nope, I did a manual FDISK and it still would not work
----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>; "Nicky Avery" <nicky_at_wwavs.com>
Cc: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: Thinkpads and recovery CDs
> Nicky Avery [mailto:nicky_at_wwavs.com] wrote:
>
> > Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> >
> > >I just tried to use a 770/770ED recovery CD on a 770Z. No go, no matter
> > >what I do, it just re-boots
> >
> > All the IBM recovery disks appear to have some kind of BIOS and/or CPU
> > sniffer and will only install on the type for which they are intended. A
> > 770ED CD works fine on a plain 770 but an Aptiva CD won't work, for
> > instance, on a non-Aptiva. I would be surprised if it checks HD
> > size/type simply because of the different OE HDs offered on the same
> > model but it may vary from model to model. Whatever the CDs do, the
> > intention is clearly that they are model-specific.
>
> I would consider it more likely that Bruce's attempt failed because the
primary
> partition of the HD in the 770Z isn't formatted as 2GB in FAT16. I've used
my
> 770Z's recovery CD several times in other 770s.
>
> AFAIK there ain't no "sniffer" in Thinkpad recovery CDs and I've used them
> across a wide range of models, e.g. T21 CD in a 600E, 600E CD in a 760,
etc.
> Howeever, there _IS_ a sniffer in the BOOT program on the floppies for
older
> model recovery CDs.
>
> Once I had booted from the floppy for my 760XL, I was able to use a 600E
W98
> recovery CD in it. Conversely, the T21 recovery CD booted and ran without
> problem in my 600E.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
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