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From: VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1.BITNET
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Subject: Creating 32 MB hard disk partitions ?
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Date: 5 May 88 13:05:40 GMT
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I have heard that in the new "blitter" TOS roms, a bug has been fixed that
limited the maximum size of any single hard disk partition to 16 MB. Now,
partitions of up to 32 MB in size are possible.

While looking at the WINCAP file provided on the hard disk driver disk, I
noticed that there is an entry for the maximum partition size in sectors
which amounts to 16 MB (and is marked "*** don't change ***").

Am I correct in thinking that I would only need to double this value and
then be able to create a 32 MB partition using the HDX partitioning option ?

Has anyone done this ?

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