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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