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

[David Smith]

I did this because I have no floppy drive for the laptop.

-- dave

David A. Desrosiers said:
>
>> 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
> desrod@gnu-designs.com
> http://gnu-designs.com
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