I haven’t used the CD before, but it works off the same files that the floppy does. I wouldn’t worry about it. I’ve used it on T20s and T40s, so a T30 should work fine, if you can get someone to help you burn the CD.
To bad you don’t have a floppy though. I’ve got access to lots of them, they should be pretty cheap to acquire.
Aestivalis,
Are you saying this will work if I use a floppy drive? I believe I do have one for both of my computers. I’ll go and check. Are you saying the error message I saw was CD based only?
I’ll give it a go.
It should work whether you use the CD or Floppy version. It doesn’t matter. The problem noted in the FAQ is seen only one some specific models, but I really doubt the T30 is one of them.
As recommended, you should probably just set the password of the Administrator account to blank by entering * at the prompt.
Aestivalis,
I truly appreciate your help thus far, but I’m still struggling. I downloaded
bd041205.zip
First, is this the correct file?
Upon unzipping, I have three files,
bd041205
install
rawrite2
am I on the right track so far? I’m sorry if we are into handholding mode, but I am very lost.
There is a second file,
sc041205.zip
and a third, which seems to be a combination of the first two.
**cd041205.zip **
If I understand correctly, I take the three files
bd041205
install
rawrite2,
put them on a floppy, and make the machine boot the floppy first? What is the second file for? sc041205.zip
I’m unsure that I even have the correct files. Please advise.
Regards, and thanks for the help thusfar,
ILMS
OK, I followed the directions, and created the floppy. Now, I believe I need to make a driver floppy. Is that true? Is that what that second zip file is? Do I need a separate floppy to create this “driver floppy”, or do I use the same floppy?
Sorry for all of the questions. The other one is it says not all files will not fit on the floppy, so get rid of the ones you don’t need. How do I know which files I don’t need?
Curses! I think I could rebuild a transmission more easily than this.
Alright. Here is where I am and where I will stop until I hear from someone else.
I have the first disk created. No problem there. The second disk is created, with one directory, scsi, on it. (containing all of the .ko files and such).
Now, I have two floppies. On the webpage I’m working from, there is a statement that says there should only be one floppy. In another statement, it states that I will be told what to do when the time comes to switch floppies.
So, I think I’m on the right track. Now where do I go?
Thanks!
Sorry I haven’t gotten back sooner. Busy day yesterday.
OK, the only file you need is bd041205.zip.
The other files:
sc041205.zip - SCSI drivers, you don’t need it.
**cd041205.zip ** - CD image, which combines the other two, as you surmised.
Ignore them. Once you’ve unzipped the first image to get the following files:
bd041205.bin
install.bat
rawrite2.exe
Just double click on install.bat. This will run a script to send an image of the floppy to your A: drive. It will prompt you:
Enter target diskette drive:
and you can type ‘a’ and hit ENTER. Then it will prompt:
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press -ENTER- :
Once you’ve inserted the floppy and hit ENTER, it will start overwriting your floppy. Make sure there’s nothing you want to lose on that disk.
Once it’s done, it will tell you that in order to run it, you can just leave the floppy in the drive and reboot (assuming your floppy drive is bootable). Once it boots to the floppy, try following the instructions there. If you still can’t get it, I’ll post a step-by-step.
Good luck!
Aestivalis,
Thanks a bunch for getting back to me. Not to ask an obvious question, (but I will), I have the one disk I need per your directions.
Now, I created that disk on my spare dell laptop. I will now have to go to my IBM laptop and boot from this, correct?
Is there a special way to do this? Do I first go into F1, and somehow change the boot order to tell it to boot from the disk? It wouldn’t know to do that on its own, will it? I assume I log into the IBM, change the boot order, log out, and then log back in with the disk being read from the **a ** drive. And then I follow the prompts? Oh, and one more dumb thing… if I ever get this far, do I actually enter an *** ** in where it asks me for the password to blank it out?
Thank you so much for your help. I’m sure we could do this via email, but someday someone may need your help as much as I and will be able to read through this thread.
Thanks a bunch. I’ll wait for your reply before moving forward.
Regards,
ILMS
Most IBMs are set to boot from Floppy by default. Is this a built-in floppy or a USB one? If it’s built-in (well, replaceable using the “Ultra-bay” ;)) then you probably don’t need to change the boot order. Let us know how it works.
And yes, enter an asterisk * when it asks you what password you want.
Aestivalis
Yes, the IBM is a built-in floppy, and I went into the IBM BIOS Setup Utility and looked at boot, and under Boot, Removable Devices, it says Legacy Floppy Drives.
Since I’m reading and really don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m assuming this is what you are referring to. So, in theory, I should be able to power my IBM down, repower it up, and it will boot from the floppy.
Will I have questions to answer as it does this, or will it boot, I will need to shut down again, pull the boot disk, and reboot normally?
(Thanks for walking me through this)
Regards,
ILMS
Aestivalis,
Sorry for the delay. My paranoia must list the IBM BIOS Setup Utility for you.
Boot (seems ok from above)
Network (I’m not booting from a network, so ignore. However, the login screen does ask me to log onto a specific network as a default, not this machine.)
Boot Mode [Quick}
BIOS Setup Prompt (F1 key messages) [Enabled]
(F11 key message)
Boot device List F12 Option [Enter] - Current Setting - Enabled
Flash BIOS Updating by End-User [Enter] - Current setting - Enabled.
One thing… there is no setting that I must change, correct? Including any of the stuff on F12?
OK, one other thing. How will this work? I press power, the boot disk runs and I answer questions at the prompt, or:
I press power, the boot disk runs, and I have to power down and power back up and answer the questions at any prompt.
Please advise - and I will slip the boot disk into my floppy drive.
Thanks for your infinite patience with this.
ILMS
Just stick the disk in and reboot. No other wrangling should be necessary. It will then boot to a Linux-based operating system, and give you prompts for the menu options. Pretty much the defaults for everything will do what you need it to. Just read everything carefully. Also, it will ask you if you’re completely sure before it writes the changes.
Aestivalis,
You have done it! I am into my machine. But, I am now at a small crossroads.
My files. My user id. I can log in as administrator, no password just fine. But I need to get to my user id and all of the files that belong to me.
THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!
The grateful
ILMS
here seems to be the deal. I can log onto the computer as the administrator, no troubles at all. The problem is, I cannot login as myself to see my files.
Have I inadvertenly erased them? Are they still there and I just need to find the pointer to them? So close and yet so far… (my eyes on Georgia)
Help get me over this hump. Do I need to reboot from the disk and answer questions differnetly? did I inadvertently erase the files I was after ini the first place. they’ve got to be on the heard dist somewhere.
Thanks in advance.
ILMS
Don’t worry, you’ve done nothing of the sort. Go into Control Panel and you will see an option that will let you see Users on the machine. You should see your account there, (as ILMS) and be able to reset your password, and set it not to expire. If not, you can create a new account, and copy your profile over. I’ll give you instructions on how to do that if you can’t find your old account.
Aestivalis,
Sorry to ask this, but I’ve gone into Control Panel and selected User Accounts. My Account is no longer there. I tried to Add one, but that didn’t work. I guess I’ll have to ask you how to create my account, reset my password to never expire and copy my profile.
One other thing I’d like to do is remove all of the networks that come up in the login screen and just have my computer name there. No muss, no fuss, no more mistakes.
Regards,
ILMS
If you’ve already created a new account to use, this is what you should do.
Verify that you can log in under the new account, then log out.
Log in as Administrator.
Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties.
Click on the Advanced tab, then under User Profiles, choose Settings.
Find the profile that you used to use (it may say something like DOMAIN\ILMS).
Click Copy To.
Click Browse.
Go under C:\Documents and Settings
You should see the name of the new account that you set up. If it was the same name as the old account, you might see it as ILMS.001, or something like that.
Click OK, and it should copy the contents over.
Log back in as the new account you created, and all your files should be there.
Once you’ve accomplished that, you’ll want to remove it from the domain that it’s a member of.
Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties.
Click the Computer Name tab, then choose Change.
Click the radio button to make it a member of a workgroup, instead of a domain. Call it WORKGROUP, or MSHOME, or whatever.
Click OK, then OK, and then you’ll have to reboot.
After that, you’ll either boot directly into your desktop (if you didn’t put a password on your new account) or you’ll be able to click on your name, then enter a password to get onto your machine.
As always, let us know how it works.
That’s just it. I cannot create the new account. when I select User Accounts, the only user name in the list is Administrator, the domain is the name of the computer domain I’ve been used to, and the group is Administrators.
When I try to Add… a new user, it won’t allow it.
I hit Add, put in user name (i’ve tried my old name as well as a number of others)
Domain: is blank. I’ve added the same domain name as the administrator, but when i get to the next page to grant access and hit Finish, it says
domain name\ilms could not be added because domain name\ilms does not exist.
Which takes me back to before your reply. Unfortunately, I have **NOT ** created a new account.
Have I somehow deleted the domain? I’m afraid to sign off the machine because if the domain doesn’t exist, when I try to sign on with administrator again, it won’t be able to find the machine, right? WTF happened? (sorry. my frustration level is high. As is yours, I’m sure)
Ahh, I forgot that control panel icon worked differently when you’re added to the domain. OK, let’s do it the hard way so there’s no confusion.
Click on Start -> Run -> Type CMD and hit OK.
The black command prompt box should come up.
Type:
net user username password /add
This will add a local account with the username and password that you specify.
Then type:
net localgroup administrators username /add
This will add that account to the local administrator group.
Verify the machine name of your laptop, then log out. Log back in with the new account that you made, and make sure the domain that you’re logging into is the same as the local machine name.
Then proceed per my last post.
Bad news: I still can’t add the user. Any user.
I’ll bold everything after I typed cmd in.
**C:>net user ILMS ILMS/add
The user name could not be found.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221
C:>net helpmsg 2221
The user name could not be found.
EXPLANATION
You specified an unknown user name.
ACTION
Check the spelling of the user name. To display
a list of the users in the security database, type: NET USER
C:>net user
User accounts for \ILMS-computer
Administrator Guest HelpAssistant
SUPPORT_388945a0**
Did I somehow erase myself from the security database? Is my syntax wrong in the command line?
I’m at a loss.
Thanks for your help.
ILMS