Thanks but I've already tested that out and researched. My friend has a 4Gb, 6Gb and a 20Gb and the laptop suffers from the age old 8Gb limit. Other than that, the BIOS is fine. Thanks. On 02 Jun 2002 20:20:27 -0400, George Toft wrote: > Something to keep in mind is that some Laptop BIOS' won't let you > change hard drives, or they will limit the size. I've had two > laptops - one allowed two sizes, and the other was flexible. > You might want to research that first. > > George > > > "Bryce C." wrote: > > > > After being on vacation for a week, I have finally returned home to find > > myself reading >700 e-mails. (For those interested, it was divided about > > 50/50 Junk/PLUG.) Anyway, now that I'm caught up with that, I have time > > to play the the laptop I bought on vacation (yes, work is never far) and > > I'm now working on scrounging parts for it. It cost about $90 and the > > PCMCIA NIC $20 at a PC consignment shoppe but of course taht also means > > it's been used. This is a Dell Latitude XP 4100CX laptop running a > > 486DX(Yes, for real), 1.2Gb HD, 12Mb RAM, and a floppy. First thing is > > first, can anyone tell me of a good place for a replacement battery > > cheap. Its has been toasted (memory thing) and it really isn't all that > > useful w/o a battery. I've got a couple bids on eBay but I was hoping > > for something a little more immediate. Second, I'd like a larger HD for > > Linux. Since it doesn't have a CD-ROM drive, I'd like to copy the > > distro disks to the HD so I can install packages on the road. Can > > anyone tell me of a good place for cheap, large capacity, 2.5" HDs and > > possibly their price & size. > > > > Bryce C. > > Network Administrator > > CoBryce Communications > > Bryce @ BryceCo . Net > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >