Satellite Pro 430CDT

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Satellite Pro 430CDT
started by: isnonameok?

Posted by isnonameok? on June 18 2004,19:30

I installed DSL on a Satellite Pro 430CDT. Something like a 125Mhz with 32 Megs of ram and a 1.2 gig hd. If anyone has ever seen or used one, they are little tanks. Pefect for field work (this one is headed for hog barns for tech support on controller systems). The install was very easy. Even detected the modem card (USRobotics Megahertz 56K, which I may never use, but I just left it in to see what would happen).

O.k., now the question. Since this is on a laptop I am wondering how to go about detecting battery power levels as well as an alarm when they get too low. Is there something on here already? Thanks.

Posted by Satelite owner on June 18 2004,19:38

ummm the toshiba saelite series has a built in warning. to get to the controls press f1 durring the boot up from the beginning and the whe nit tell u press esc. ummm second thought.... it may be esc and then f1.... havn't done it in a while. but yea the laptop has the alarm hardwired to it

Posted by isnonameok? on June 18 2004,19:49

Quote (Guest @ June 18 2004,15:38)

Looks like the esc/f1 sequence was the ticket. Actually, being the patient man that I am I hit f1/esc/and del at several different sequences just to make sure I got it right (I hate having to sit through another reboot when I don't have to)

I was also able to change to power save mode to low so the battery should run longer. Thanks a lot for the help.
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Posted by db on June 24 2004,23:58

Also works on a Satellite Pro 420CDT. Thanks.

Posted by Bradley on July 02 2004,04:22

I have a Toshiba 420CDT running W95 from HDD. I want to try DSL as it should be faster and better. However the pc doesn't want to boot from the cd-rom drive (I don't think there is a bios option, only HDD/FDD, although I will double check this.) I made a boot floppy and this boots ok but then it can't find knoppix on the cd and drops out to a basic shell. The CD light is on continually when the DSL cd is inside.

The Toshiba CD-ROM works ok under W95 and the DSL CD works on another machine.

Can anyone help?

Bradley

Posted by BG on July 02 2004,04:26

Posted by ke4nt1 on July 02 2004,04:57

If you can read the CD from win95, try a poorman's install..

1. copy the KNOPPIX folder from the CD to your HD
2. reboot the computer without the cd in the drive (use the floppy)
3. see if the boot floppy will detect the KNOPPIX copy on your HD

Some older cdrom drives just dont like to read cdr's, unless
the windows drivers are handling the hardware.
( one of my laptops is flaky reading or booting cdr's EXCEPT when I'm
running w2k, and then it's 100% copy..perhaps the buffering helps.)

You may need to try the boot option fromhd=/dev/hda1
My boot disk usually finds the KNOPPIX folder all by itself.

73
ke4nt

Posted by db on July 03 2004,03:56

I'm assuming you're using the stock Toshiba CD-ROM, which worked for me, so I'd figure it's an issue with the media. Try verifying the checksum on the ISO image, then re-burning it with a different burner (if you can) or at a slower speed.