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echo: os2dos
to: JEFF MALKA
from: TOM ALMY
date: 1996-06-27 13:38:00
subject: large HD

-=> Quoting Jeff Malka to all <=-
 JM> I have a gig HD formatted as HPFS.  As it is getting more than half
 JM> full I have noticed the following problem.
 JM> Most DOS or Windows programs work fine from that drive except a few
 JM> that seem to extend into the second half of the HD.  I assume that is
 JM> because DOS under WARP cannot read them beyond the 500 MB or so that
 JM> DOS is programmed to read.  Is there anything I can do to allow these
 JM> DOS apps to run under WARP should they happen to be located in the
 JM> second half of the gig drive?
Your problem must be something else -- HPFS drives distribute files over 
heir
entire surface, and don't build up from beginning to end. I have a 1.2 gig
HPFS drive here that is 3/4 full and I have no problems accessing it from a
DOS app.
Tom
--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30
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