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Subject: Re: > 32MB partitions wanted
Keywords: partition large 32
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Date: 7 Mar 90 17:25:16 GMT
References: <10365@ttidca.TTI.COM> <217@metapyr.UUCP> <202@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Reply-To: tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Trippin' (Flippin') Tim)
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In article <202@vela.acs.oakland.edu> bbesler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Brent Besler) writes:
>IBM PC DOS 4.01 allows larger than 32 Mbyte partitions, so does Zenith DOS 3.31
>and DR DOS.  DR DOS is probably the most generic and portable of the versions
>that do.
>
>                                     Brent H. Besler

compaq 3.31 does also, but i think it uses 32 bit FATs as opposed to 16 bits
like the rest of the world. some packages that allow >32mb parts use >512byte
sectors (very inneficient).
                                                         
i'm not sure how Disk Manager does it, but the primary partition can still
only be 32. the extended, however can be as large as you like. best bet with
DM is to use a 1 MB primary, and a large extended, so you don't blow away your
root. i don't like Disk Manager becaause it requires a device driver, and my
customers usually blow away the driver, or the device= line in their config.sys
i use 4.01 DOS..

question:  many people complain about 4.01 having problems, but the only
problem i ever saw was with a cheap shareware program. what are these
supposed incompatibilities?

tim
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