[ltp] 760XL with a BIG HD Problem

[Brian Beattie]

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On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 09:23, Adam Southerland wrote:
> Floppy disk sets... The more I think of it, the more I fear it... But I g=
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> an idea (Haven't gone looking for the boot manager yet... Might have dele=
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> that e-mail - no room) [I need to look into this LILO, GRUB Boot from CD=20
> loader thing... sounds promising =3D)]

http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/

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> My Idea... This 10Gb drive came from a BUSLink USB Hard Drive... This=20
> morning, I put it back on my Windows Machine, Repartitioned it to contain=
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> 600Mb Partition and copyied the important Slackware files to it (Not done=
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> just yet) -- Then put it in Laptop, boot Linux boot disk and start the=20
> install from there...   I think it's a plan! =3D)
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> What was the name of the boot manager again? Sorry, I have VERY LITTLE sp=
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> on this hotmail account...
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> Adam
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> >From: James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@sprintpcs.com>
> >Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> >To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> >Subject: Re: [ltp] 760XL with a BIG HD Problem
> >Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 20:54:02 -0700
> >
> >James:
> >
> >You might want to look at lilo.conf or grub.conf to see how they are=20
> >constructed.  I don't know about using a CD as a boot device from one of=
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> >them.  I do know that the device is /dev/hdc.  You should be able to use=
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> >this as the boot device for the CD, as most CDs do not have partitioning=
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> >unless they are multi-session.
> >
> >James McKenzie
> >
> >James Knott wrote:
> >
> >>Adam Southerland wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Use the Parallel port as a NIC... Interesting Concept... Can Slackware=
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> >>>that with the supplied boot/root disks?
> >>
> >>
> >>No idea.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>How big is the partition? Doesn't matter - The smallest I tried was=20
> >>>25Mb... As long as the 10Gb Drive has a partition on it, MS products=20
> >>>can't boot - Even from a Boot Disk! (I haven't ever seen this before)
> >>
> >>
> >>I don't recall the exact model, but I booted a ThinkPad of that generat=
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> >>(76x) with an 8 MB drive.  It worked fine with OS/2.
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> >>I wonder if it's possible to put Grub or Lilo on that drive and tell it=
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> >>boot from the CD?
> >>
> >>Also, is Slackware still available as floppy sets, so that you don't ne=
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> >>a CD to install?
> >>
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Brian Beattie            | Experienced kernel hacker/embedded systems
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