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Drive Overlays
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:56 pm
by jeffreyclay
I've read many of the posts regarding this on Bill's forum and haven't been successful in attempts to place an IBM 12 gig drive in my 760XD. After following the instructions found here I became aware that my TP doesn't reveal the drive geometry in the BIOS. I've owned a Toshiba laptop that also didn't as it was married to one drive only by design. Is it possible that IBM supplied some with ROM's that were never designed to see a drive other than the one supplied? I believe I understand the overlay is seen before the ROM can provide its geometry but I've never been able to get that in place.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:51 pm
by chuckster
i've been running with a 30gig hd in my 760xd for about 2 years now. did you follow the 30gig hd instructions on bill's web site?
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:19 pm
by jeffreyclay
I printed the instructions from Bill's site and followed them step by step but never got the stage where the overlay would be applied. I'd prepare the drive with my desktop for under 5 gig and when placed in the TP and booted with the DM floppy in place it only provided a flashing curser. Never booted to a Drive prompt. Once I read that Symantec's Ghost doesn't work with the overlay I decided to abandon the project.
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:40 pm
by jeffreyclay
Chuckster, does your advice only work on a 30 gig drive due to some magic in the numbers? Seems to me if the BIOS doesn't offer an alternative drive configuration, one doesn't have much choice. You wouldn't be one of those that claimed the 760XD could boot from a CD are you? Once again, an option not supported by IBM's BIOS in the 760XD.
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:44 pm
by chuckster
jeffreyclay wrote:Chuckster, does your advice only work on a 30 gig drive due to some magic in the numbers? Seems to me if the BIOS doesn't offer an alternative drive configuration, one doesn't have much choice. You wouldn't be one of those that claimed the 760XD could boot from a CD are you? Once again, an option not supported by IBM's BIOS in the 760XD.
works for any hd - not just 30g
yes - i can boot from cd using diskmanager 9.57. i posted it on driverguide.com
you give up to easy...
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:53 pm
by jeffreyclay
Again, since the Overlay isn't supported by Symantec's Ghost (or any other drive copy looking for the true drive geometry) I'll pass this one by. Some of us need full data recovery in the case of a mishap.
I hope you're covered. I'm just 20 minutes away from a full restore.