bootable cdrom for thinkpad T2x (t22) Re: [ltp] t22 battery replacement dead?

[David A. Desrosiers]

> Ok, I've done it, a fully functional copy of all three disks on a 
> bootable cdrom.

 	While I applaud your efforts, I think the floppy approach 
really does exercise the battery much more than the cdrom drive, with 
regard to draining the battery faster. If you run the "Battery 
Rundown" with the floppy attached (and disk 3 in the drive after 
booting and loading the first two disks), the drive "chainsaws" back 
and forth until the battery runs out.

 	With a cdrom-based bootup, it consumes much less power and 
seems to take significantly longer to run down the battery than with 
the floppy approach.

 	Good all around though, if you can let it run overnight to run 
it down from a full charge.


David A. Desrosiers
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