Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!uafhp!engr!mea1 From: mea1@uark.edu (Mark _E_ Amos) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: looking for program to break 32MB barrier Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 20:09:40 GMT References: <1991Jan21.230226.4874@hub.cs.jmu.edu> <55452@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: netnews@uafhp.uark.edu Distribution: comp Lines: 27 ormohrbh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard Ohrbach) writes: >In article <1991Jan21.230226.4874@hub.cs.jmu.edu>, jmidili@hub.cs.jmu.edu (jeff midili) writes... >> >>I'm looking for a program that will break DOS 3.XX's 32 meg byte >>barrier. Are there any available? Either public domain or commercial >>would be just fine. >> >>thanks, >> > >SeaGate, maker of hard drives, has a program called On-Trac, which formats >a hard drive into user-specified number of partitions, etc, and which uses >a proprietary file loaded as a device through the config.sys that allows WARNING: I have had inconsistent results from the driver mentioned when using some types of software, and have seen/responded to many postings on the various ibm.pc newsgroups to the effect that it is probably a BAD idea to use it. While the problems experienced with it don't seem to have any given pattern, the one consistency is in the lack of it - the problems occur with all types of machines and configurations, with random symptoms and occurences. I strongly recommend upgrading to DOS 4.01, as it will allow large drive sizes to be used, and has proven itself far less risky than the aforementioned Disk Manager driver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mea1@engr.uark.edu University of Arkansas Computer Science Engineering