Re: Question on 770 with Multiple HDs

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From: Bill Morrow - http://thinkpads.com (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun Dec 13 1998 - 01:45:40 EST

too many unknown quantities..

which HDD's, what shells..??
not sure of the compatibility of 755 type HDD's in 755 HDD shells in a
770..
not made for it..

the simple is, well.. i just don't care for simple technology..

AND, its tough remembering to remove the nospam from you e-mail
address.. :-)

Rob Bell wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> I have several extra HDs that I use in the UltraBay. A couple are IBM
> drives (OEM from 755 and 760 models: 810MB, 1.2GB) and one is a Simple
> Technology 2.1GB. They are all 755/760 style drives that I load into
> the IBM UltraBay hard drive caddy (the snap-in/out plastic case). I
> have Win98, Linux, and NT5 Beta2 on these extra drives. I didn't buy
> any of them from you (but you did originally help me figure out that
> such a caddy existed about 8 months ago!).
>
> All of the extra hard drives boot fine from the UltraBay when the BIOS
> is set to boot from HD #2 first and the main TP770 HD is in the
> ThinkPad. My problem is that the 770 refuses to boot from the 2nd HD if
> the main 770 HD isn't in the PC. If the BIOS says to boot from HD #2
> then I don't understand why it would care if HD #1 is installed or not??
>
> Thanks for following up...
>
> Rob
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Rob Bell
> Senior Consultant, CPD Professional
> CSC Consulting, Minneapolis, MN
> rob.bell_at_csc.com
> -----------------------------------------
>
> "Bill Morrow - http://thinkpads.com" wrote:
> >
> > Rob..
> > did you get that HDD from me..??
> > if its not a true blue TP HDD, or if it is not configuered right, it MAY
> > have a problem booting from the ultrabay.. 

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