Maurice Kinal wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RT> What,  that's supposed to be a problem?  I'm aiming somewhat higher
 RT> than that,  here,  and on Socket 7 mostly.

 MK> It is most definetly a problem.  However, it can be gotten around
 MK> if you're using Linux.  I know OS/2, DOS, and Windows cannot handle
 MK> it.  They are far too married to the BIOS.

Not OS/2,  it uses the BIOS to boot,  but not afterwards...

 RT> I did finally hit their site yesterday,  but couldn't get a response
 RT> out of any of the download spots.  Too busy,  I guess.  I may have
 RT> another go at it later.  But then there's the details of upgrading,
 RT> etc. which we're probably better off taking up elsewhere.

 MK> I doubt you'll find too many upgrades for 8.1.

I was looking to move to 9.0,  actually.

 MK> You shouldn't have to upgrade but if you want ext3 to behave 
 MK> better then e2fsprogs should be upgraded.

I'm not using ext3,  but am thinking about moving to it.

 MK> I'd also recommend pkgtools as the new one is a tad better.  Other 
 MK> then that you should be fine.  Maybe USB if that is an issue.

See above.

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