[ltp] T41 Recovery CD

[Jan Kokoska]

R40, 2722, Czech Republic.

I sent them a single e-mail asking for CDs because in order to install
Linux I dd'ed the whole disk with zeros (I prefer my hdd clean and
tested). Unfortunately, I hit the HPA (Host Protected Area) and was
*not* able to disable it in BIOS (i.e. disk size changed when viewing it
with cfdisk/fdisk, but all write attempts to those sectors fail filing
up my S.M.A.R.T. log), which I consider a major fault and would still
like the 4 GB back.

What is your experience with disabling HPA/using full disk capacity?

Anyways, I described what I did like this, no doubt breaking warranty of
any kind.. and I got my 4 CDs in 3 days by courier. I was amazed of
course, but never used them.

Jan Kokoska

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 04:41 +0800, Yip Wai Peng wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Been running into a bit of issue with getting a recovery CD for my T41. I've 
> been trying to get it but first of all I have to fax them all my personal 
> information & invoice, and then they want to make me pay for it (S$40!).
> 
> From what I know on the list, some of you have gotten a Recovery CD free from 
> IBM, no questions asked. After a couple emails with the guy from IBM, finally 
> he told me that "Please provide the country that send Recovery CD for F.O.C. 
> and i will find out with my country support."
> 
> So I would like to ask a favor from you guys. If you have gotten the Recovery 
> CD shipped to you free, please tell me your country and your model number. At 
> least I can let them know about their lacking support compared to your 
> countries.
> 
> Wai Peng 
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