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From: lmhg0369@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 4.01: need partition s'ware?
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Date: 14 Dec 89 10:39:05 GMT
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[original poster of the question of if I switch to DOS 4.01 can I get
away w/o partitioning s'ware if my hard disk isn't in the BIOS tables]

I realize that I'll probably have to do some formatting (low and high)
to get the thing to work...I'm not worried about that.  I just wonder
how the DOS is going to get the word on how large the disk is, THAT'S
the big question now that somebody has assured me that it is possible.
I can low-level-format it with Disk Manager, I guess, even though 
ultimately Disk Manager won't be used in 4.01.  

I guess the thing to do would be to back everything up, reformat in
4.01 (after a ll-format?) and see what happens.  I guess the worst
that would happen would be if it didn't work, I'd be out the $$$
for 4.01.