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    CF30 Mk1, Boot from HD in CD Bay

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Peter Hall, Jun 24, 2013.

  1. Peter Hall

    Peter Hall Newbie

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    Ok, so is it possible to put a hard disk in an adapter in the media bay and boot from that location? I would like to put a second hard disk in a CF 30 and boot from there into a different OS. Can it be done?
     
    Peter Hall, Jun 24, 2013
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    Welcome to the Panasonic Toughbook Forum
    I have tried it in other models and no luck, I think others have tried too but no luck.
     
    toughasnails, Jun 24, 2013
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    I can't remember if I tried it on my cf30 or not. I have it working on my cf52. The trick is to make sure the HDD is the same interface as the DVD drive. All of the early MK's of the cf52's have IDE DVD drives. The HDD in the media pocket MUST be IDE in order for the unit to boot properly. The later MK's have SATA DVD's and need a SATA HDD in the media pocket.
    I'll have to pull the drive in my cf52 and try it in the cf30 again and see.
     
    Shawn, Jun 25, 2013
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    and? Did it work?
     
    pet6228, Jul 17, 2013
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    Real life takes priority...I'll get to it soon.........
     
    Shawn, Jul 18, 2013
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    CF30F mk2

    SATA HDD in media bay freezes on post. Bios screen stops. F2 does nothing. If you plug in in after it finishes booting to Windoze. it freezes the whole machine.
     
    Shawn, Jul 18, 2013
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    Thanks Shawn, could never get it to work either.
     
    Peter Hall, Dec 24, 2013
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    I worked on a CF-29 MK5 trying Mint 16 in the OEM Media Bay Drive.

    I guess 16 got too fancy for the 29. They left something out. I had Ubuntu 12.04 in there...or was it 10.10 and it worked fine.

    What I mean is...if something was left out for the ata/ide then could you put something IN for the sata? Convoluted thinking abounds when the feather dusters won't shut up. (young roosters)

    I ran across one thread regarding master/slave/none settings. We've done this(set to master)with 29 DVD's with a spot of solder........could the sata interface need such a tweak?

    Merry Christmas.
     
    SHEEPMAN!, Dec 25, 2013
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    Jeff,
    I was thinking that maybe the ACHI/IDE settings in the BIOS might be the culprit on the newer units(cf30,CF52). Flash the BIOS to IDE mode and try a sata drive in a CF30-CF52 media bay. I will try it sometime, but it will require a spare drive as I will lose all the data on C: with the ACHI -IDE switch.

    Just guessing..

    I am running win7...same boot drive works with IDE in the media bay and not with SATA in media bay. I say it's in the BIOS on the later units.
     
    Shawn, Dec 25, 2013
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