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From: frank@odetics.com (Frank Merrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Upgrading from MS-DOS 3.2 to MS-DOS 4.1
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.050843.2674@odetics.com>
Date: 28 Feb 91 05:08:43 GMT
Reply-To: frank@odetics.com (Frank Merrow)
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Organization: Odetics, Inc., Anaheim, CA
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Hi,

I am about to upgrade my home system from MS-DOS 3.2 to MS-DOS 4.1.  (Yes
I have already been told 5.x is due out soon.)  The reason I am updating
is to access the extra 8 Megs on my hard disc.  Rather than reformating
the whole disc as a single partition, I am wondering if I can just:

"sys" the current DOS partions to update it to 4.1 and then

use the new "fdisk" to create an extended partion and bring it up

OR

Do I have to totally start over by "un-fdisking" my 3.2 partion and then
build my hard disc from scratch.  I guess the real question is how close
the FAT entries and such are between 3.2 and 4.1 and how compatable the
new fdisk is with the old.  Does anyone have experience in this area.
I can build everyting from scratch, but I am basically lazy and would
rather not if I can get away with it.

Frank
frank@odetics.com or uunet!odetics!frank