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From: system@syzzle.chi.il.us (SYSTEM 0PERATOR)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Which DOS should I get? (again)
Keywords: DOS
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Date: 2 Apr 91 21:38:38 GMT
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dawdy@tellabs.com (Dan Dawdy) writes:

> I am buying a new 386DX/25 with a 130MEG hard drive.  I am not
> sure which DOS version to get.  I have a 286 w/65MEG drive now,
> running 3.2.  Of course I have two 33MEG partitions which gives
> me a C and D drive.  I really don't want to now have a C,D,E,F & F
> drive.  I can get a copy of DOS 4.0 (IBM) for a good price (free)
> but see a DOS 4.01 out there.  Will both of these let me "see"
> the full size on the C prompt?  What was the differance between
> 4.0 and 4.01?  I see people talking about 4DOS but I can't FTP
> from my sight :-(  Any help would be great.

For larger partitions (larger than 32MB), you can use a program such
as Ontrack's Disk Manager. Which uses a device drive to allow larger
partitions. This will work with dos 3.3 (and I think 3.2). You could
go to dos 4.0 (4.01 is a bug fix of 4.0). I have heard many people
expressing that they do not like dos 4.x (for whatever reasons). 
Compaq dos 3.3 will allow large disk partitions. DRDOS 5.0 is available
now and also allows large disk partitions. MS-DOS 5.0 *should* be out
real soon also.
	4DOS will work with any of the above, and is a command.com
replacement (it is not a full OS), and offers many commands and 
features which are not provided by all these OSs, and is well worth
checking out!

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|   Al Oomens (awol)     | Inside every LARGE program is a |
| awol@syzzle.chi.il.us  | small program trying to get out |
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