MIKE FRITZ wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:
RT> MIKE FRITZ wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:
RT> 
RT>  MF> If that were so, then it shouldn't matter that the partition is 
RT>  MF> above the 1024 cyls.  But for some reason it does matter.  If I 
RT>  MF> put my DOS partition over 1024 cyls, this it won't boot either.
RT> 
RT>  RJT> Dos is another story altogether,  there is a limit in the
RT>  RJT> bios,  and another limit in dos,  and together they create
RT>  RJT> the problem.  That doesn't apply when it comes to OS/2,  
RT>  RJT> though.
RT> 
RT> (How come this part wasn't showing up as _me_ having written it?
 MF> It did, what are you talking about?  :)
It didn't, until I put that "RJT>" stuff in there to clarify things.  Here's 
how the message came across originally:
Area : OS2
Date : Apr 28 '98, 22:28
From : MIKE FRITZ                                              1:202/746
To   : ROY J. TELLASON
Subj : 1024 cylinder
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
 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.
Dos is another story altogether,  there is a limit in the bios,  and
another limit in dos,  and together they create the problem.  That
doesn't apply when it comes to OS/2,  though.
Well, I would think that DOS can operate above 1024 cyls.  But like
you said, that's not the situation.  I just wonder why OS/2 can't.
      Mike Fritz
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Note that second paragraph,  there...
RT>  MF> Well, I would think that DOS can operate above 1024 cyls. But 
RT>  MF> like you said, that's not the situation.  I just wonder why 
RT>  MF> OS/2 can't.
RT> 
RT> It can.  It just can't *boot* from there
 MF> That's not what you said above!  :)
I'm not gonna argue with you about it.
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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