[ltp] HD upgrade for 365X

[Scott Dixon]

Hi, Jim-
I'm pretty sure that you will need to run Disk Manager, even if you try
to confine Windows to the first part of the disk.  The reason is that
the partition table for the disk still must reflect the correct disk
geometry.  You may be able to get away with it but I wouldn't think it
was a good idea.  I think I tried it for a bit but found funny things
were happening.  It has been awhile so I can't remember for sure.
However, it is certain that disk formatting and partitioning programs
won't work without Disk Manager. You might be able to do all that under
Linux and keep the windows partitions below 8.4GB and be OK but I
wouldn't do it with any data I care about.  Disk Manager works fine,
Linux knows what to do with the Disk Manager data at the start of the
disk and, so far, everything works fine so I'm happy with that setup.
There are a few minor restrictions when you use Disk Manager (like you
can't boot from another hard disk without some Disk Manager installed on
it) but they haven't bothered me at all.
Scott

On 09 Feb 2001 18:18:47 -0600, Jim Eberhardt wrote:
> 
> Scott, your writeup was quite helpful, as was some of the info at IBM, but
> there's a fine point I think I'm still missing. If I upgrade to a drive
> larger than my BIOS can handle and want to run dual boot Linux/Win95, is it
> necessary to run Disk Manager if Windows is completely contained in the
> part of the disk that the BIOS can recognize? For example, lets say my
> Thinkpad supports up to 8.4 GB. If I install a 12 GB drive but keep Win95
> on the first 4MB, is the Disk Manager required regardless?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim 
> 
> 
> At 11:35 AM 2/9/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >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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