Hello Rich,

11 Oct 99 21:50, Rich Wonneberger wrote to Eddy Thilleman:

>> RW> If I had 1 Primary partition, and the rest logical partitions in
>> RW> an extended partition, I couldnt have more then 4, 2 GIG
>> RW> partitions??

>> It's quite simple.

RW> My question was a response to a statement that you cant format a
RW> partition as FAT if its beyond the 1023rd cyl.  With drive translation
RW> this would be a 8 gig drive.  With the FAT limit of 2 gig per
RW> partition (aprox), you could have 4 - 2 gig partitions as FAT. (Azzume
RW> 1 pri, 3 extended for simplicity).

you mean 3 logical partitions?

RW> Why couldnt you create one more 2 gig partition as FAT in the
RW> extended??

I use only one FAT partition. I don't have use for more FAT partitions.

RW> I did learn a few things about the pointers from your reply btw.  :}

That can be handy (sometimes)

  Greetings   -=Eddy=-        email: eddy.thilleman@net.hcc.nl

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