MIKE FRITZ wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:
 MF> If that were so, then it shouldn't matter that the partition is 
 MF> above the 1024 cyls.  But for some reason it does matter.  If I 
 MF> put my DOS partition over 1024 cyls, this it won't boot either.
 RJT> Dos is another story altogether,  there is a limit in the
 RJT> bios,  and another limit in dos,  and together they create
 RJT> the problem.  That doesn't apply when it comes to OS/2,  
 RJT> though.
(How come this part wasn't showing up as _me_ having written it?)
 MF> Well, I would think that DOS can operate above 1024 cyls. But 
 MF> like you said, that's not the situation.  I just wonder why 
 MF> OS/2 can't.
It can.  It just can't *boot* from there.
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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