no floppy? I think you may be screwed on this one. Either way transplanting a HD is a bad bad thing to do, the OS will be configured for the system it was installed on and may not even run on the laptop or cause more headaches. >From: Rob Wultsch >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Lilo, the woman that ruined my life. >Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:51:38 -0700 > >Howdy. I have a old laptop (toshiba 420 CDT, p1-100, 40 MB, 20 GB, ) that I >would like to get working. >I however do not have a boot medium, so I have tried installing various >OS's on a hard drive and then transplanting them into the laptop. Under >Windows it will not recognive the hd as a valid system disk. Under linux I >get the following: > >"L 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 >40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 >40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 >40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40This BASIC >was aborted, >because this machine has >no ROM BASIC. > >Use Toshiba's BASIC" > >I have played with lilo untilt the cows came home and started to mew >telling me to ask for help. > >------------------------- >Robert James Wultsch III >robert.wultsch@asu.edu >sheepsleep7 (AIM) >(480)951-3169 (Home) >(602)692-7564 (Cell) >6900 East Gold Dust #107 >Scottsdale, Arizona 85253, USA >Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. >See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail