[NBLUG/talk] How Low Can We Go?

[matt]

Hold on a second, didn't you say you had a USB PCMCIA card? What about a USB 
CD-ROM drive?

On Wednesday 19 April 2006 15:25, Andrew wrote:
> Kyle Rankin wrote on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:44:35 -0700:
> > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 11:53:39AM -0700, Stephen Cilley wrote:
> > > Thanks for all of your input.
> > > I got back from HSC about 30 minutes ago, I got
> > > floppies and a pcmcia 10/100 card (I needed one
> > > anyway.)  I tried to get one of the bootdisks to run
> > > the lappy and it turns out that the floppy drive is
> > > bad.
>
> [snip]
>
> > > So how do I do it now, with just a network connection?
> > >
> > > Stephen
> >
> > The best way would be to drop back by HSC and check out their
> > selection of used laptop floppy drives and see if you can find
> > one that works. Otherwise you'll have to resort to the
> > pull-laptop-hard-drive-and-install-from-other-computer method,
> > which will require an adapter so you can hook up the 2.5"
> > laptop IDE connection to a standard IDE port.
>
> I got a 2.5-inch-to-standard IDE adapter at Cr at pUSA for about $8.
> It's been *very* useful.
>
> I'd also recommend, Stephen, that you stop by the Computer
> Recycling Center on Saturday and pick up a larger hard drive.
> Your current "almost 1 GB" drive is going to feel awfully
> cramped. The CRC has boxes and boxes of 2 GB and smaller drives
> for $2 or less apiece. Heck, at that price, grab five. If you
> look hard enough, you might find some 3 GB drives. Don't forget
> to check for a master/slave/cable-select jumper. They come in
> handy, especially if you're going to use the above adapter to pop
> the drive into a desktop. Pull one off another drive, if you need
> to. Oh, and check how thick of a drive your Toshi can
> accommodate. My P120 Toshi (a Satellite Pro 430CDT) can only take
> a drive that is 1/2 inch thick or thinner. On mine, the drive is
> accessed through the battery compartment.
>
> As for getting into the BIOS, try the escape key.
>
> Have fun.
>
> A.
>
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Matt
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