PM> Hey Jasen,
 PM> How would he get DOS to see a 4.3 gig HD?

first the bios needs to see the hard drive.

 PM> I'm having problems with IBM PC-DOS 7:00 seeing large drives,
 PM> anything over 850 meg and they wont boot properly when I clone my
 PM> existing BBS drive over to them. Even if I use a newer Valuepoint
 PM> with better BIOS and drivetable.

Have you tried installing dos rather than trying to "clone" it?

 PM>  I heard somewhere the Caldera Open DOS or DR-DOS 7:03 will see
 PM> larger drives and will allow long filenames etc.

I have opendos here, it works.

 PM>  Also alleged
 PM> that 4DOS will see larger drives. Do you know if this information is
 PM> correct?

4dos relies on the underlying dos.

 PM> Regards,
 PM> Peter
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Jasen

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