Hi!
If you say you have a 512 MB BIOS limit, your limit probably is 512 * 63 * 16 * 1024 bytes, in other words a limit in the number of "heads" (those do not relate to actual surfaces). Are you sure FreeDOS is affected when you use LBA? Note that the limit is only 504 * 1024 * 1024 bytes, so depending on how you count the 512 MB for the first partition, you might already be beyond the limit. And of course you could consider updating your BIOS to fix the "528 MB" problem, or install a MBR-installed workaround such as ontrack / ezdrive :-) I wonder if UHDD could help you, too, as long as the boot files are in the first 504 MB. You could get yourself a converter to connect SATA drives (SSD or mechanical) to your IDE computer: I think SATA will stay available for a long time and you can always use the first 504 (528) MB even without extra drivers or BIOS fixes. Typical SATA / IDE converter brands could be DeLock or Digitus, but be careful to get a converter in the right direction ;-) Or one which works in both directions, of course. All cheap. Regards, Eric _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
