I turned an old laptop (Sharp P-120) into a firewall because it had no
floppy.  I installed Linux onto the HD using a P3 IBM Laptop then moved
the HD to the Sharp - no problems encountered.  This trick WILL NOT WORK
with Windows.

George


Aaron Cordova wrote:
> 
> 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 <robert.wultsch@asu.edu>
> >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
> >
> >
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