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From: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Unix / Dos partition problem in ISC 2.0.2
Message-ID: <1954@jwt.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 90 19:43:00 GMT
References: <532@dptechno.UUCP* <7785@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM* <110@usaos.UUCP> <7811@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples)
Organization: Private system -- Orlando, FL
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In article <7811@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) writes:
>In article <110@usaos.UUCP> root@usaos.UUCP (SSG W.D. Calhoun (postmaster)) writes:
>}I run 386/ix 2.0.2 and VP/ix 1.1.1 and I have no problem running a DOS 4.01
>}created partition (<32m)...
>
>This, the "<32m," is probably the difference: I'd used DOS4.01 specifically
>because I _wanted_ more DOS space and had created a 200 megabyte DOS partition.

Along the same lines, has anyone had any success at getting large DOS
partitions working with VP/ix?  Can VP/ix be made to work with DOS 4.01
and large partitions?  I have booted 4.01 from a floppy with vpix -b,
then done a SYS C:, and got a working VP/ix that comes up in 4.01.  But
things like DOSMOUNT no longer work, so the UNIX file system can't be
accessed. 
 
I also tried using DOS partitioning software (DMDRVR from OnTrack).  VP/ix
will load the driver, and I can do a directory on the large partition; but
the contents of all subdirectories appear garbled.  Is there some other
partitioning software that works under VP/ix?  Or is this simply a 
limitation in VP/ix than can't be overcome?
-- 
John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)