From: Chrys (chrys_at_addr.com)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 20:33:34 EDT
I formatted my 10 gig drive in a desktop using such an adapter, and I've
been using it in my 600 with no ill effects so far.(crosses fingers).
-Chrys
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, ecamin wrote:
> I tried the same thing with my TP600. Alas I lost lots of clusters before I
> learned from this forum, that is a no no. Once I formatted it on the TP,
> all is ok
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helge M. Olsen" <helge_at_ear.wox.org>
> To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:19 AM
> Subject: IBM 560Z - 30gb disk
>
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I just purchased an IBM Travelstar 30gn 30gb disk for my 560Z. Since I
> have no floppy for the thinkpad, I formatted a 4gb partition using a
> 2.5"->3.5" adapter in one of my desktop machines. I am planning to run
> windows2000 on this disk, since win2k doesn't seem to be affected by the
> 8.4gb disk size limit in the thinkpad's BIOS. But when plugging the disk
> into the thinkpad and installing win2k, it finishes the first stage of
> copying the files to the disk as it should, and reboots. On reboot the
> machine hangs after POST. No boot menu, no missing OS or anything. Just a
> blank screen with a blinking cursor.
> > I suspect I need to reformat the disk in the desktop, because maybe I set
> something wrong in the desktop machine. How should the desktop access the
> disk to make it work with the thinkpad? THe options available are CHS, LBA
> and Large. The desktop finds the whole disk with all settings. I think LBA
> is the right one, but I would like to get this verified.
> > Furthermore, are there any special considerations I must make to make
> win2k work well on this machine? It has the latest BIOS and everything
> already installed.
> >
> > Thanks for any input
> > ---
> > Helge Olsen
> >
>
>
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