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From: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
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Subject: Re: MS-DOS 3.3 or 4.01?
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Date: 13 Nov 90 01:20:07 GMT
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In article <13227@encore.Encore.COM> schwalbe@pinocchio.UUCP (Jim Schwalbe) writes:
>In article <4260@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> hrbaan@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Hayo Baan) writes:
>>In <71077@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu 
>(Peter Beckman) writes:
>>
>>> I'm building a 386 system.  Do I want to buy MS-DOS 3.3 or 4.01?
>>> Thanks for your help.  -Pete
>>>
>>As I am using a 386 + VGA system my self, I have the following to say :
>>You'll probably want the 4.01 for the extra features such as :
>>- > 32MEG partitions,
>
>OK, I tried this once before and got no replies.  Let me try again.  The
>concenses I`ve heard from most people is that they prefer DOS 3.3 over 4.01
>but that they wish they weren`t restricted to 32 M partitions on their hard
>drive.  Well I pointed out some time ago that DAK (I've seen several people
>reference the 386SX system they are selling so I know at least some of you have
>seen the ad) advertises that they package DOS 3.31 (not 3.30) with their system
>and they state very clearly that it breaks the 32 M partition barrier.  Now, my

Most people don't realize this, but the 32MB limitation in DOS 3.3 only applies
to the partition that you boot off of.  In other words you can have 
partitions greater than 32MB, as long the partition is not the boot partition.
I have DOS 3.3 using a 212MB hard disk with two partition.  My C: drive is
32MB, thats the one I boot off of, and my D: drive is 180MB.