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From: Joe.Salemi@p1.f136.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Joe Salemi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: OS/2 and Hard Drives
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Date: 1 Feb 90 21:02:52 GMT
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In a message to Kenneth Neal <29 Jan 90 21:17:04> Peter Fitzsimmons wrote:

 PF> If os/2 didn't use the BIOS, than how can you explain my 150mb drive
 PF> working when it is defined as type 1 in my CMOS (type 1 == 10mb I
 PF> think)?  My WD1007's BIOS knows the real size of my disk.

It only uses the BIOS at boot-time, to install the drivers and tables
to the devices.  Once OS/2 is running, it generally doesn't touch the
BIOS at all.

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