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| subject: | Re: DOS on large hard drives |
* An ongoing debate between Lance Lyon and All rages on ... LL: > I need to install DOS 6.22 onto a 20gb hard drive, I'm well aware that LL: > it'll need 10 2gb partitions for it to see the whole drive, this LL: > isn't a problem. AFAIK, DOS 6.22 can only "see" the first 8.2GB of any drive, so all of the logical partitions will certainly have to at least start within (and probably be contained completely within) this limitation. I still use native MS-DOS 6.22 daily, but have never been able to get DOS to go past that 8.2G barrier. :( The only other way would be to boot the DOS 6.22 C: Drive as a virtual "machine" using DOSEmu (under Linux) which *MAY* allow you to attach the remaining logical drives, though I've never actually done this (I've booted my MS-DOS 6.22 C: drive using DOSEmu but not tried to access other drives past 8.2G using same). Linux as well as 32-bit Wins can work with larger drives (using LBA access or something similar), while native DOS seemingly cannot. -- Be well, : Ben aka cMech http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/ : + WildCat! Board 24/7 (337) 232-4155 33.6kBps 8,N,1 --- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-040330 r0405* Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 393/68 261/38 123/500 106/2000 633/267 |
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