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From: clear@actrix.co.nz (Charlie Lear)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Avoid mangling your hard drive with DMDRVR.BIN
Message-ID: <1990Mar23.230855.17825@actrix.co.nz>
Date: 23 Mar 90 23:08:55 GMT
References: <18605@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <10343@portia.Stanford.EDU> <G0KGPZ@drivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: clear@actrix.co.nz (Charlie Lear)
Organization: Actrix Public Access UNIX, Wellington, New Zealand
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In article <G0KGPZ@drivax.UUCP> liberato@drivax.UUCP (Jimmy Liberato) writes:
>Not exactly related to the problem at hand, but what is the advantage of
>using DMDRVR.BIN if, let's say, I DIDN'T need to have patitions > 32 meg?

BIOS limits you to hard disks with <1024 cylinders.  DMDRVR.BIN bypasses
the BIOS and allows you to use drives to their full rating.

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