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From: lupin3@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (-=/ Larry Hastings /=-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need hard disk partitioning sw
Message-ID: <2684@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 6 Apr 88 06:27:21 GMT
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+-In article <1460@bigtex.uucp>, james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) wrote:-
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| IN article <1721@uhccux.UUCP>, garvin@uhccux.UUCP (Jay Garvin) wrote:
| > I have a friend who has a 40meg hard disk on his pc, but doesn't have
| > the partitioning software, so he can only use 32megs out of the 40.
| 
| Use Compaq's current Mess-Dos.  It supports the full 40meg in one partition:
| no barrier at 32meg.  I understand it works great.  Anyone know what the
| limit to a partition size under Compaq's DOS is?
| -- 
| James R. Van Artsdalen       jva@astro.as.utexas.edu        "Live Free or Die"
|
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  Compaq's Dos allows you to double the size of the partition, at the cost of
doubling the minimum size of a file.  In a normal partition (normal MS-DOS)
the max partition is 32Meg, and the minimum filesize is 2k (i.e. if you have a
file that's less than 2k, it takes up 2k anyways).  If you double the partition
to 64Meg, then the smallest file is 4k.  I believe you can double the partition
a couple of times; though there's no reason to do it more than 3 times anyways
(right now, that is).
  _Get_ the partitioning software...

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