Thomas Mueller asked:
. > How much of that 30 GB HD can you use for DOS only? Is there any way DOS
. > can see beyond 8 GB or 1024 virtual cylinders?
. > Between Linux and NetBSD or FreeBSD, I'd find use for the DOS-inaccessible
. > part
. > of the HD.
I have Promise's DriveMax card installed on the machine which modifies the
BIOS to recognize HDs up to 128 GB.
Using Partition Magic (DOS), all 30 GB are visible.
Creating an extended DOS partition on the 30 GB HD, all 30 GB are available.
Creating logical (FAT16) drives in the extended DOS partition on the 30 GB
HD, Partition Magic showed a default size of 2.1 GB and I didn't see any
reason to change it (experimenting). I made three logical drives of 2.1 GB
each without any problem and all three are accessible via DOS.
Configuration information: Gateway P5-75 computer with the first HD (Drive
0) being an 840 MB HD partitioned as follows:
C: Primary DOS partition
Extended DOS partition containing logical drives D: thru K:
The second HD (Drive 1) is a 30 GB HD with an extended DOS partition
containing logical drives L: thru N:
CD-ROM drive is drive O: (Oh, not Zero)
Ram Disk is drive P:
I have no problem copying files from hard drive 0 to hard drive 1. Although
I have not formatted M: and N:, I can even copy files from any
drive\directory on hard drive 0: to drive M: or N:.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
