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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 32 Meg limit
Message-ID: <1640113@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 90 23:41:35 GMT
References: <2381@zipeecs.umich.edu>
Organization: HP Lovecraft Division
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>To quote my Dell MS-DOS User's Reference manual in the section on the
>FDISK command:
>
>   "If you want to use the entire hard disk (up to 2 gigabytes) for
>   MS-DOS, press the ENTER key to accept the default selection (Y)."

If you have a hard disk greater than 528,482,304 bytes, try writing
beyond that with INT 13H Function 0BH (Write disk). If your BIOS
is IBM compatible, it will not allow you to do this. You need an
non-BIOS hard disk driver to write beyond the 528MB limit or
have a BIOS that is not IBM compatible.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
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