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From: tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: The 33 MByte limit (was: Trouble installing DOS 4.01)
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Date: 8 May 91 11:14:21 GMT
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In article <3367@p4tustin.UUCP> carl@p4tustin.UUCP (Carl W. Bergerson) writes:
>garygm@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gary Brainin) writes:
>> 
>>    I have a no-name ("IPC") 386 which currently has DOS 3.3 on it.
>> Feeling constrained by the 35MB limit on my hard drive . . .
>
>Why do you feel constrained by the 33 MByte limit? Do you have any one file
>that is greater than 33 MBytes? If not, then you ought to use DOS 3.30
>to partition your disk into smaller chunks. Why? For efficiency.

Since the original poster indicated he has a 386, there is a 100 to 1
possibility that he has some extended memory and has a disk cache
installed. At this point your highly theoretical calculations about
micro-seconds saved in head movement with 33 Mb partitions are totally
irrelevant. Having a 100 or 200 Mb drive with 9 partitions on it is
about as efficient as having all your teeth pulled so you will never
get a toothache. 33 Mb partition sucks, plain and simple. My advice
is, if you can wait for DOS 5.0, do so, if not, go with 4.01 and then
upgrade with 5.0 (I hear you will be able to "upgrade" without the
need to reformat).
Good luck,

Tony