[ltp] Re: several messages
Jaime Iniesta
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:56:22 -0400
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Do you think the hard drive caddy will heat up much my TP? I mean, my=20
external USB case gets quite hot when using the hard drive, and I guess tha=
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if you use two internal hard drives instead of just one, your TP will get=
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hotter...
And, yes, it's been a slow process. 2 hours and still working. It's almost=
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midnight here, I'll let it working all night...
J.
2005/8/18, honey@gneek.com <honey@gneek.com>:
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> Jaime,
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> > It is taking quite a lot of time, 15 minutes now but I can expect
> > several hours maybe... This PC has an old and slow USB connector.
> > Anyway I want to try what happens with that.
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> If it's USB 1 or 1.1 instead of USB2... it'll take a long long time:
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> USB2 ("hi-speed"): 480Mb/s
> USB(1) ("low" or "full-speed" ha!): 1.5Mb/s, 12Mb/s
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> - easy enough to do the arithmetic based on your disk size. Yes, the
> hard drive caddy is really handy.
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> > Do you know if I
> > can decide which drive to boot from, on BIOS?
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> Just hit F12 during boot - from there you can choose boot device type.
> To actually choose which boot *drive* you then have to go into the
> BIOS - "<Setup>" at the bottom of that menu from memory. Then flick
> through the boot options, find the hard drive, and I think it's F5 to
> swap boot order of the drives.
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> > I just read on the archive that you can ask IBM to send you recovery CD=
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> so
> > you dont need that hidden partition... this message was 3 years old on=
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> the
> > archive, is that true nowadays? Anybody tried this in Spain?
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> This seems to vary greatly from country to country and salesman to
> salesman. In the UK, mine needed some convincing - they eventually
> sent me them as "a favour" but they said they would charge normally.
> Others seem to get them easily.
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> Honey
> --
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
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Jaime Iniesta AKA Capit=E1n planeta
email: capitanplaneta ARROBA gmail PUNTO com
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Do you think the hard drive caddy will heat up much my TP? I mean, my
external USB case gets quite hot when using the hard drive, and I guess
that if you use two internal hard drives instead of just one, your TP
will get hotter...<br>
<br>
And, yes, it's been a slow process. 2 hours and still working. It's almost =
midnight here, I'll let it working all night...<br>
<br>
J.<br>
<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">2005/8/18, <a href=3D"mailto:honey=
@gneek.com">honey@gneek.com</a> <<a href=3D"mailto:honey@gneek.com">hone=
y@gneek.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"borde=
r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-le=
ft: 1ex;">
Jaime,<br><br>> It is taking quite a lot of time, 15 minutes now but I c=
an expect<br>> several hours maybe... This PC has an old and slow USB co=
nnector.<br>> Anyway I want to try what happens with that.<br><br>If it'=
s USB 1 or=20
1.1 instead of USB2... it'll take a long long time:<br><br>USB2 ("hi-s=
peed"): 480Mb/s<br>USB(1) ("low" or "full-speed" h=
a!): 1.5Mb/s, 12Mb/s<br><br>- easy enough to do the arithmetic based on you=
r disk size. Yes, the
<br>hard drive caddy is really handy.<br><br>> Do you know if I<br>> =
can decide which drive to boot from, on BIOS?<br><br>Just hit F12 during bo=
ot - from there you can choose boot device type.<br>To actually choose whic=
h boot *drive* you then have to go into the
<br>BIOS - "<Setup>" at the bottom of that menu from memory=
. Then flick<br>through the boot options, find the hard drive, a=
nd I think it's F5 to<br>swap boot order of the drives.<br><br>> I just =
read on the archive that you can ask IBM to send you recovery CDs so
<br>> you dont need that hidden partition... this message was 3 years ol=
d on the<br>> archive, is that true nowadays? Anybody tried this in Spai=
n?<br><br>This seems to vary greatly from country to country and salesman t=
o
<br>salesman. In the UK, mine needed some convincing - they even=
tually<br>sent me them as "a favour" but they said they would cha=
rge normally.<br>Others seem to get them easily.<br><br>Honey<br>--<br>The =
linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
<br><a href=3D"http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thi=
nkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a=
><br></blockquote></div><br><br><br>-- <br><br>Jaime Iniesta AKA Capit=E1n =
planeta
<br>email: capitanplaneta ARROBA gmail PUNTO com<br>jabber: capitanplaneta =
ARROBA jabberes PUNTO org<br>webs: <a href=3D"http://capitanplaneta.blogspo=
t.com/">http://capitanplaneta.blogspot.com/</a>
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