A Run-down on the Post-Dismantle Configuration

Ok, I think I've got everything working to my satisfaction - post-dismantle.

From a hardware standpoint, it's running 228MB of RAM - It actually should be 288MB, and I don't currently know why it isn't. There is 32MB of base (non-removable) memory on the motherboard, and two slots for additional memory. According to the IBM documentation, you can add two 128MB modules for a total of 288MB max RAM. Well I did that, and the system only reports 228MB. The system originally had PC66 RAM, but PC100 should be compatible. It runs fine with 228, and I don't want to take the time to track down the missing 60MB, so I'm moving on.

The 4GB hard drive was originally partitioned into 2 - 2GB partitions using FAT. The "C" drive was pretty well consumed with the OS even though I had pared it down to be best of my ability. Using Partition Magic, I converted the file system to FAT32, and repartitioned it into 3GB and 1GB partitions. I will use the 1GB "D" drive for the slide shows, and everything else will be on the "C" drive. 1GB for slide shows is overkill, but hey - I've got plenty of HD space (how many times have you heard/said that?).

I've disabled all screen savers, automatic suspend modes .... etc, but I will verify that once more before I dismantle the laptop next week. I disabled the trackpoint mouse and hopefully that will allow me to boot the machine without a keyboard. When I dismantle the machine, I will permanently remove the floppy drive, the CDROM, the battery, and any other pieces and parts that are not essential for the machine to run.

On my primary PC I have a program called ACDSee. It's a graphics management and editing program that has a really good Slide Show creation capability. It generates a self-executing .exe file which is ideal for my purposes. My plan is to create the slide shows on the main PC, then send them to the DigimagR via the wireless network. The current/active slide show will always be named current show.exe and as I transmit a new show to the DigimagR, it will overwrite the existing one.

The DigimagR will then be re-booted in order to execute the new slide show.

That should be pretty much how it will work.

I would like to come up with a way to re-boot the machine from the network so that I can avoid a hard-down from just turning it off. It should be do-able, I just have to find out how ---- So, back to the internet for a little more research.

Don't worry, I'm not going to delay the dismantle again -- I'll do it next week I promise.