hi Felix, was that a typo below, as in 2 tb? Indeed Dr dos does have an approximately 2 gb limit for the primary dos partition. this dell laptop has a disk size of about 8 gig, so we partitioned the rest into amounts smaller than 3 gig, since my best understanding is that it can swing 4 gig. However the first logical drive in the extended partition its d: drive technically has no allocation units according to Dr dos 7.03's edition of chkdsk. the other two partitions e and f are just fine though. Yes I do realize partition magic is still legal, but not so sure about its availability free for dos, because its new owners state as of July 2011 they are no longer offering partition magic at all. There is a link for a free partition magic on the partition wizard site, the replacement product for partition magic, but it is not directing me clearly in lynx. Still I will check out offerings you present here. your note gives me an idea, perhaps shifting the primary dos partition slightly so it is closer to that 2 gig window, which is why no data loss is important. A little more in reply to a couple more of these.
Karen On Fri, 5 Oct 2012, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2012-10-04 23:49 (GMT-0400) Karen Lewellen composed: > >> I realize I tend to wonder through the room and then find my corner again >> smiles. >> Anyway, I am wondering if any of you may be hiding a copy of partition >> magic for dos? >> it goes back a ways, I believe the last stable edition 8.5 allowed for use >> even then, and that was 2004 or so. >> Encountering a creative issue with a non freedos but dos none the less >> installation regarding a partition the fdisk tool produced minus any >> allocation units....I am not kidding. >> sort of thing just reminds me why I like nice stable operating systems. >> In any case, if this is possible let me know. > > Likely if you had it you'd be stumped when you have devices of more than 2TB. > Try http://partedmagic.com/doku.php instead. > > I don't use it myself. Instead I use http://www.dfsee.com/ because it works > no matter what I boot, and has great support from the author. > -- > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
