[ltp] Non-IBM provided disk on a Thinkpad?

[Gilson Laurent]

Hello,

> I am
> thinking on buying a similar disk (a 80Gb Hitachi) or something a bit
> larger (100Gb, probably). 

For a T40: no problem. Only the models working internaly with SATA have
problems with normal drives (buggy SATA/PATA-Bridge)

> I understand that IBM ships the disks with
> funny things (e.g., the predesktop area) which will not be present in
> a fresh HD.  Will that be a problem? 

If you are using windows you will have to download the drivers from IBM. But
since you are posting on linux-thinkpad ...

cu

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