Portege 2000 - fresh XP install using PCMCIA CD-ROM

I am trying to install XP on a Portege 2000 using the official Toshiba PCMCIA CD-ROM drive.
The XP install disk boots fine but after Setup has copied files it blue screens (BSOD). I am not very tech savvy but I think this means that the BIOS can "see" the PCMCIA CD-ROM but that the actual XP image loaded by the Setup cannot, probably due to missing drivers for the PCMCIA CD-ROM?
I then thought that perhaps I could use F6 to load extra drivers during the initial setup, but it is beyond me to create the right set of files required. I know you can download Freecom drivers but I don't know which of the CD driver files to use and how to author from scratch the right txtsetup.oem file.
Does anyone know how to successfully use F6 and load drivers for this?
I have found lots of posts suggesting I copy the setup to the HDD and run the setup from there. My problem is that the XP install is an Upgrade CD, so I will be asked at some point to insert a previous Windows CD and if at that point I do not have a working CD-ROM drive...
First post in this forum so be gentle -- I have done a search but not found a thread with an actual solution, but obviously if I have missed one please point it out!
Subject edited by: beneix_1

Toshiba is not interested in providing recovery disks for such an old, out-of-warranty and discontinued model.
I ended up doing the following:
1. On another computer, download XP SP3 iso image from Microsoft.
2. Extract the files and run nLite to integrate latest hotixes (package from RyanVM.net).
3. Modify the resulting set of XP installation files to make it an OEM SLP package that will automatically activate upon install (Google OEMBIOS).
4. Take the hard drive out of the P2000, attach it via a USB caddy to the other computer, format the drive with two partitions of which the first one _not_ mapped to a drive letter, use "winnt32 /syspart:<drive> /tempfiles:<drive> /makelocalsource /noreboot" to copy across all the XP installation files created in steps 1-3 to the second partition and make that partition bootable. Use the product key officially provided by Microsoft for SLP installations when asked.
5. Put hard drive back into P2000 and boot. Setup will start from the second partition and you will be offered to install XP to the first.
6. You've got an activated XP installation!
You'll need to do a bit of Googling to figure out the exact steps but the steps above should help you find what you need. Since the machine came with XP originally and has a COA sticker underneath, I believe this method results in a legitimate XP install nut don't take my word for it...

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previous owner wiped the 20gb hard disk. Have the Toshiba pcmcia drive. Flashed latest bios. It will boot from xp or 2000 cd no problem,however both OSs stop at the start with bsod (2000 gives inacessible_boot device).
Tried with ME but the cdrom driver isnt the right one(doesnt load the cdrom drive). In a situation like this I normally remove the drive and install(with hdd adaptor) in a pc to format and copy the OS files then replace the drive and run setup from the hdd but this has a 1.8" drive and I have no adaptor.
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Hi Tyson,
Sorry but I am a little confused about your explanation. If I understand you right, you bought used Protg 200 with external Toshiba CD-ROM device (PCMCIA) and you try to reinstall it?
Do I understand you correctly?
As far as I know in original Toshiba Recovery CD there is driver for external "TOSHIBA CD-ROM" (PCMCIA/CARDBUS) and it will be loaded at begin of recovery procedure. If it works with non Toshiba devices it is unknown to me. If you want to reinstall OS without original Toshiba CD you must start the notebook using start disc with right driver for external device.
Like you said the best solution is to start setup from HDD. You must a Google a little bit around and I am sure that you can find one for you. Please check this site
http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aesed.asp . There is described that the optional 2.5" converter kit can be used for 2.5" or 1.8" IDE hard drive.

OS Reinstallation on Portege 2000 with non IDE CD-ROM

Hello,
I recently received from my Dad a Portege 2000 (bought in Japan if that makes a difference) on which I am trying to reinstall Win XP from the provided Recovery CDs (there are 3 CDs containing Win XP Pro and Win 2000).
I am trying to do this with a USB FDD and a PCMCIA Sony CRX75A CD-Rom which connects to the computer via a other manufacture PC Card ACR-A01 switchable between 16 bit and CardBus mode).
As I am not very familiar with DOS, CardBus and booting stuff I read quite some topics and found the following application, BootdiskP2000.EXE which contains drivers for PCMCIA and USB Toshiba CD-ROM. So I ran it and when choosing external PCMCIA CD Drive from the menu, I got the following:
PC Card driver for external ATAPI-IDE Drives Rev:2203
Found PCCARD: IO DATA CBIDE2 V4.1
ERROR: There is no PCCARD in socket A and B!
PCCARD not initialized!!
So, I looked on the web for DOS Drivers for my ACR-A01 and found DUAOTA16.SYS and DUOATACD.SYS. I then modified my CONFIG.SYS (again maybe not correctly as I am not at ease with that) by adding a menuitem, and further on:
[SONY]
DEVICE=A:\DUOATA16.SYS
DEVICE=A:\DUOATACD.SYS /D:TOSCD001
When running it, I get the followings:
DuoATA16 CS Client Driver Version 1.01
Copyright....
CBIDE2: Not found CardServices.
Driver is not installed.
DuoATACD CD-ROM Driver Version 1.06
Copyright....
IDECD: Not Configuration CBIDE2 Card.
CD-ROM driver is not installed.
If have a look on the HISTORY.TXT file from the boot disk, at the end it is written: "If you use it with other CD-Roms, you have to modify/exchange normaly the CD-Rom driver (e.g. Toscdrom.sys-file!) and the driver, over which you get access to the PCMCIA Card (Fcatapi.sys and FCPoint.exe)." but I have no idea with what I'd have to replace it.
Last point, my BIOS settings on page 2 are: Device Config.=All Devices which allows me to set PC CARD Controller Mode=CardBus/16-Bit, and by the way the onther manufacture CD-ROM used to work fine with the Portege but with a Win XP driver.
Anyone has an idea of what is going on here, because I'm kind of lost. Thanx a lot!!!
P.S I also tried to boot via PXE-LAN from a PC running Win Server 2003 but that doesn't work either, but I'll start a new topic for that.

And why you don´t try maybe a USB-DVD-ROM? A USB will be recognized for sure. I installed on my Portege R200 a XP Pro with a USB-DVD-ROM.
Greets

Setup windows XP on a Portege 2000, with no external drives

I recently became i happy owner of a Portege 2000 which was given to me for free(?!) from a family member that doesn't use it anymore.
When i first held it i felt impressed! Its so light and so beautiful.
It came with Windows 2000, which crashed after a while (just one day). So i decided to install windows Xp on it. But the portege has no external media drives that can be accessed through the bios, as i have come to conclude after reading several threads on this forum. After windows 2000 crashed i suspected that the hard drive may have some issues, but i decided that before i purchase i new 1.8" (very expensive) drive, i would try to install a fresh copy of windows XP os. So i bought a 1.8" to IDE hard drive adapter to plug it on my desktop. This thing works just fine as i can see the drive and also copy files on it.
But the problem for me is how can i install XP on the drive and then plug it back on the portege and make it work.
I tried installing windows through the desktop PC, and then after removing all the drivers from the device manager console, i re-install it on the portege. All i get is a grey bar that fills up on a black screen and then nothing.....
I tried to boot it in safe mode but after it loads some files it just gets stuck. I though that maybe if i did the installation on a different desktop there would be no problem, so i installed XP on all the desktops availiable to me (core 2 duo, Opteron, and athlon XP -socket A) with the exact same results.
Is there a way to make the toshiba 1.8" drive bootable through the desktop PC and also include windows XP installation files on the same drive?
What i mean is if its possible to emulate a floppy and access command prompt, while having windows XP on the same hard drive??
If not do you have any suggestions about this issue? Any idea will be very welcome as i have been trying to find a way for about a month now...
I read somewhere in this forum that you can install XP via lan, but i really don't know how to do that.
P.S. Would it be possible for anyone to find a windows xp installation for portege 2000 as a ghost image that i can load in the drive through the desktop???
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So tonight was the big night for me, it was time to find out if i could put kjo's info in practice....
Plugged the 1.8" toshiba drive in the desktop, format to fat32, set primary and active partition and then do the booting part.
So i set of to create a MS-dos boot floppy, only to find out to that (long time no-use) floppy drive was as good as dead...
I tried to do the exact same process through a usb stick but no luck there either. And then it struck me! Mark the file extraction box, unmark the writing on floppy box on the wbootess.exe window and there it is! It worked like a charm!! The drive was bootable on my Portege right away no floppy, no usb stick needed. It just booted!
So i unplugged the drive once more, copied the i386 folder on the drive and ina few secs i was in windows blue screen mode!!...
kjo i am really thankful to you for taking the time and explaining this routine, that program is very useful (wbootess.exe), as you can make almost anything bootable!!
I am very pleased with the little toshiba actually functioning after all this time i could only look at it!

OS reinstallation on Portege 2000 via PXE-LAN

Hello again,
So, as said before I am trying to reinstall Win XP from the provided Recovery CDs.
In fact, I have 4 CDs: One that contains only Windows 2000 Pro and 3 CDs containing Windows 2000 and Windows XP Pro. Of course, the 4 CDs were delivered with the computer.
I tried via FDD and CD-ROM which didn't work (see preceding topic), but I also tried via PXE-LAN.
So I installed a 3 month evaluation version of Windows Server 2003 on my desktop and ran the RIS (Remote Installation Service).
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2- When I run the RIS with the CD 1 of 3, it doesn't even recognise it as a Windows Installation CD!!
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Has anyone an idea on how to proceed with this method (I mean with the 3 CDs)??
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Hello Josey
As far as I know recovery images on recovery CDs for Portege notebook without ODD contains drivers for PCMCIA or PC-card used on Toshiba external ODDs. Because of that when you connect original Toshiba external ODD the delivered recovery media will be bootable and you can install OS anytime you want.
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When OS is preinstalled install all stuff you need and configure the notebook how you want to have it. After doing this try to obtain applications to create your own image like Norton ghost. Install it and create own ghost image on second partition. On this way you will be able to install self created ghost image any time you want and also without external ODD. This image you can also save on external HDD and use anytime if something goes wrong. I do this for years.
It is very practical when the OS is infected by virus or when some tool does not work anymore. In just 20 min you can have all settings as before.
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Question about Portege 2000 boot with Linux

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Hi
I do not have this Portege but I know that Toshiba recovery image (WXP) contains driver for external ODD and the installation can be done without any problem.
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Hi there!
I need some special Information about the Toshiba Portege 2000, I hope anybody could help me.
1. Which CPU can I build in? At the moment there is a Pentium 3 Mobile 750 MHz...Dos the Portege 2000 supports higher CPUs like 1 GHz or 1,13 GHz? Which socket has the P2000?
2. How many RAM is supported?
3. HDD-Support. At the moment Ive got a 30 GB. Support for more? Maybe 40 GB, or even 60 GB?
Thanks so far! :)

Why you dont install and use hardware diagnostic software like Everest home edition for example.
Such software provides all infos and details.
> Dos the Portege 2000 supports higher CPUs like 1 GHz or 1,13 GHz?
This depends on the Chipset. Check the chipset and the specifications. The chipset details can be found on the Intel page. There you should find the info about the CPU compatibility.
>2. How many RAM is supported?
Only one slot is available and can be upgraded. You can upgrade the RAM max to 512MB
>3. HDD-Support. At the moment Ive got a 30 GB. Support for more? Maybe 40GB or even 60GB?
I think it should be possible to use the 40GB or 60GB.
The difference between the 30GB and 60GB is not so huge.
But you should firstly try with a 40GB enhanced IDE (ATA-5) interface.
bye

Hibernate & Standby not working on Portege 2000

I've recently bought a refurbished Portege 2000. It did not come with any documentation or Toshiba software installed. I've grabbed what I saw fit from the download section of the support page and have installed.
I've got the Toshiba console working, the accessibility utility and the Intel performance thingy. Power saving works now and so do all the hotkey functions apart from Standby and Hibernate (FN + F3/F4).
Have I missed something from the download section or is there a particular order to which I should be installing?
Thanks in anticipation,
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Hi
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Am I right? Did you install the right Power saver utility for Win XP?
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I would recommend using the latest one!
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I've spent DAYS researching here and Google and have attempted several procedures found within. I do not have the factory restore CD's but I do have XP and 2000 OEM CD's. (As well as others if necessary).
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been away for a couple of days so I couldn't comment earlier
when you start-up with a dos-bootdiskette the harddisk wil not be recognized when the filesystem is NTFS, therefore it is essential to delete the NTFS-partition and reformat to fat32
I've found out that fdisk can't cope with the 1.8" HD's in the porteges, but BootItNG recognizes and reformats this type of HD's without problems
2 questions :
1: did you start-up with a proper DOS-bootdiskette with Delpart.exe on the same diskette??
delpart is especially made to recognize and delete 'foreign' partitions like NTFS
2: did you make a bootable diskette with the BootItNG program and start-up with that diskette ??
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for the Toshiba-technical-support departement : SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ???

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Silent Install using ResponseFile for Windows XP

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please help
thanks

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## Oracle9i Client Custom Install Response File Template ##
## Copyright(c) Oracle Corporation 1998,2000. All rights reserved.##
## Specify values for the variables listed below to customize ##
## your installation. ##
## Each variable is associated with a comment. The comment ##
## identifies the variable type. ##
## Please specify the values in the following format: ##
## Type Example ##
## String "Sample Value" ##
## Boolean True or False ##
## Number 1000 ##
## StringList {"String value 1","String Value 2"} ##
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## specified for a silent installation to be successful. ##
## This response file is generated by Oracle Software ##
## Packager. ##
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# products - the "Oracle Home"
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# Example value : "d:\oracle\products\9.0.1"
# Default value : none
# Mandatory : Yes
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# Mandatory : No
DEINSTALL_LIST={"oracle.client","9.2.0.1.0"}
# Name : SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to show the initial splash screen of the
# installer
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN=true
# Name : SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to show the Welcome page of the installer
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE=false
# Name : SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to show the component locations page in
# the installer. This page only appears if there are
# products whose install directories can be changed.
# If you set this to false you will prevent the user
# from specifying alternate install directories.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE=false
# Name : SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to display the available products
# selection tree during a Custom install
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE=false
# Name : SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to display the Summary page in the
# installer
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE=false
# Name : SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to show the install progress screen.
# This screen shows detailed status of the
# installation, which file is being copied, which link
# action is being performed, etc. It also shows
# percentage complete.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : true
# Mandatory : Yes
SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE=true
# Name : SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to display the status screen for
# required configuration tools. This screen shows the
# status of each tool along with detailed information
# in the event of tool failure.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : true
# Mandatory : Yes
SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=true
# Name : SHOW_OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to display the optional configuration
# tool page which allows you to launch optional
# configuration tools and view details status,
# including details on any failures.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false
# Name : SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to show the release notes screen from
# which Release Notes can be viewed. NOTE, 9.0.1 does
# not use any release notes so this will not be
# relevant for an 9.0.1 install.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES=false
# Name : SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to display end session dialog. This
# page shows whether the installation is successful.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE=true
# Name : SHOW_EXIT_CONFIRMATION
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to display dialog for confirming exit.
# If set to false, installer will exit without
# prompting.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_EXIT_CONFIRMATION=true
# Name : NEXT_SESSION
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to allow users to go back to the File
# Locations page for another installation. If this is
# set to true, NEXT_SESSION_RESPONSE should be used to
# indicate location of the second reponse file.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
NEXT_SESSION=false
# Name : NEXT_SESSION_ON_FAIL
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true to allow users to go back to the File
# Locations page for another installation even if the
# first installation failed. This flag is only
# relevant if NEXT_SESSION is set to true.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : false
# Mandatory : No
NEXT_SESSION_ON_FAIL=false
# Name : SHOW_DEINSTALL_CONFIRMATION
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true if deinstall confirmation is needed
# : during a deinstall session.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : true
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_DEINSTALL_CONFIRMATION=true
# Name : SHOW_DEINSTALL_PROGRESS
# Datatype : Boolean
# Description : Set to true if deinstall progress is needed during
# : a deinstall session.
# Valid values : true, false
# Default value : true
# Mandatory : No
SHOW_DEINSTALL_PROGRESS=true
# Name : LOCATION_FOR_DISK<disk number>
# Datatype : String
# Description : Set to the full path of the root of the subsequent CDs in
# the Oracle9i set. This may be a mounted CD-ROM location or
# a location on the hard drive if you have copied the
# CD images to the hard disk.
# Valid values : full path to the root of the CD corresponding to the disk
# number indicated.
# Default value : None
# Mandatory : Yes
LOCATION_FOR_DISK2="P:\Imaging\Oracl9i Client"
LOCATION_FOR_DISK3="P:\Imaging\Oracl9i Client"
# End of GENERAL SESSION section
# Oracle9i Client
[oracle.client_9.2.0.1.0]
# Name : COMPONENT_LANGUAGES
# Datatype : StringList
COMPONENT_LANGUAGES={"en"}
# Name : INSTALL_TYPE
# Datatype : String
# Description : Type of installation for the Oracle9i Client
# Note : DO NOT CHANGE THE DEFAULT VALUE.
# To install using a different install type, use one of the
# other response file templates
# Mandatory : Yes
# Example : INSTALL_TYPE = "Custom"
INSTALL_TYPE="Custom"
# Name : DEPENDENCY_LIST (oracle.client)
# Datatype : StringList
# Description : List of optional products to be installed along with
# this one. The following choices are available. The
# value can contain any combination of these choices.
# Note : The products listed are optional dependencies. Any
# required dependencies will automatically be installed.
# Valid values :
# oracle.emcltprod, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Enterprise Manager Products 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.networking.netcltprod, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Network Utilities 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.utilities.util, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Database Utilities 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.java, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Java Utilities 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.rdbms.sqlplus, 9.2.0.1.0 : SQL*Plus 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.apache.isqlplus.ise, 9.2.0.1.0 : iSQL*Plus Extension for Windows 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.java.jdbc, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle JDBC/OCI Interfaces 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.java.jdbc.thin, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle JDBC/THIN Interfaces 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.oid.client, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Internet Directory Client 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.winprod, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Windows Interfaces 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.rdbms.ocitop, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Call Interfaces 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.p2k, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Programmer 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.p2k.xmldevkit, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle XML Developer's Kit 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.doc.windoc, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle9i Windows Documentation 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.swd.oui, 2.0.0.8.0 : Oracle Universal Installer 2.2.0.8.0
# oracle.options.ano, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Advanced Security 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.java.sqlj.sqljruntime, 9.2.0.1.0 : SQLJ Runtime 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.options.intermedia.imclient, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle interMedia Client Option 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.options.olap.api, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle OLAP API 9.2.0.1.0
#Example : DEPENDENCY_LIST = {"oracle.emcltprod","9.2.0.1.0"}
DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.networking.netcltprod","9.2.0.1.0","oracle.winprod","9.2.0.1.0","oracle.rdbms.ocitop","9.2.0.1.0","oracle.options.olap.api","9.2.0.1.0"}
# Oracle Enterprise Manager Products
[oracle.emcltprod_9.2.0.1.0]
# Name : DEPENDENCY_LIST (oracle.emcltprod)
# Datatype : StringList
# Description : List of optional products to be installed along with
# this one. The following choices are available. The
# value can contain any combination of these choices.
# Note : The products listed are optional dependencies. Any
# required dependencies will automatically be installed.
# Valid values :
# oracle.sysman.client, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Enterprise Manager Client 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.sysman.pack.change, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Change Management Pack 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.sysman.pack.diag, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Diagnostics Pack 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.sysman.pack.tuning, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Tuning Pack 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.sysman.pack.apps, 9.2.0.1.0 : Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications 9.2.0.1.0
# oracle.sysman.pack.std, 9.2.0.1.0 : Management Pack for Oracle Standard Edition 9.2.0.1.0
DEPENDENCY_LIST={ "oracle.sysman.client","9.2.0.1.0","oracle.sysman.pack.change","9.2.0.1.0","oracle.sysman.pack.diag","9.2.0.1.0","oracle.sysman.pack.tuning","9.2.0.1.0","oracle.sysman.pack.apps","9.2.0.1.0"}

Combine fresh system install and Time Machine Backup

Hi all !
There´s a question that´s more generally Leopard and Snow Leopard related:
In trying to find causes of a system slowdown I decided to go for a complete fresh system install. BUT I also want to use my data saved in the time machine backup without spoiling the freshly created system folder.
I also want to update the system to the current OS version before restoring from BU.
Is there a way to keep the fresh system folder deriving from a fresh installation and just replace the rest of the data (that´s not present yet) with the time machine backup ?
I think the handy command "Restore System from Backup" from the OSX system installer wouldnt be a good idea. It would copy ALL the files from the backup, and would overwrite my fresh system folder, so that I´ll end up with the same old, probably faulty system.
Could the migration tool do the job ?
Thanks for your knowledge !

habschi2 wrote:
In trying to find causes of a system slowdown I decided to go for a complete fresh system install. BUT I also want to use my data saved in the time machine >backup without spoiling the freshly created system folder.
You should be able to migrate, for example, just your data using TM. But, TM is a bit unpredictable. Why not make a bootable clone of your internal on an external. It would serve fail-safe purposes, migrations purposes, and data-backup purposes. At the end of your install, you could, as groups only, migrate your data, users, settings, and apps--using your discretion. I would migrate only my data and my settings.
Is there a way to keep the fresh system folder deriving from a fresh installation and just replace the rest of the data (that´s not present yet) with >the time machine backup ?
See above.
I think the handy command "Restore System from Backup" from the OSX system installer wouldnt be a good idea. It would copy ALL the files from the backup, and would overwrite my fresh system folder, so that I´ll end up with the same >old, probably faulty system.
Absolutely correct.
Could the migration tool do the job ?
You can use Migration Assistant with TM, but I have never done so. So, I can't advise. The clone I mentioned takes care of all you issues in a very straight forward manner without dealing with the confusion of TM and MA that can arise.
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