[ltp] HD upgrade for 365X

[Scott Dixon]

I'm glad to see that someone has read my writeup.  I'm still running
with that setup with no problems so far.  I'm pretty sure that the first
BIOS limitation that you will hit would be at 8.4 GB.  It is hard to
find any definitive statement on the IBM website, but I think that all
the thinkpads should support up to 8.4GB drives.  Anything larger may
cause problems without going through the procedure that I used.
However, you may find with the current disk prices that it makes sense
to go with a larger drive.  I decided to do that when I found that it
was only $20 more for a 12GB drive than a 6GB one.  I can recommend
www.thinkpads.com as well.  I've dealt with Bill Morrow there a couple
of times and he has been great.
Cheers,
Scott

On 09 Feb 2001 08:54:59 -0500, Kirk Turner-Rustin wrote:
> Jim:
> 
> At this page:
> 
> http://www.thinkpads.com/largeHDD560.htm
> 
> Scott Dixon describes how he set up a large (12GB in his case) IBM 
> TravelStar HDD for dual boot on a ThinkPad with a BIOS limitation of 
> 8.4GB. _If_ the TP 365X BIOS doesn't support the 6.0GB drive (I think it 
> does), you might be able to use Scott's info to get it working anyhow. 
> Also check 365X HDD replacement prices on www.thinkpads.com (cheaper than 
> prices I sent to you earlier).
> 
> On Thursday 08 February 2001 07:32 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm sure this has been addressed in some fashion (I checked the archives
> > to no avail) but I'll ask anyway. I've got a 365X with a 2.1GB hard
> > drive, and I'd like to change out to a larger disk (4GB to 6 GB). My
> > concern is with the BIOS. I run a dual boot with Win95, and would like
> > to expand my Win partition on the new drive to 2GB with the rest for
> > Linux (currently Slack 7.0, 2.2.13 kernel, but I suppose that doesn't
> > matter).
> >
> > My question is this: how can I know if the BIOS will fully support the
> > larger hard drive? Or will I have to play partitioning games either way?
> > The BIOS is the latest for this machine, version 97H4097 dated 06/04/98.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Jim
> >
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> Kirk Turner-Rustin
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> Ohio Wesleyan University
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