[Freedos-user] re: FreeDOS FDISK another partition problem
Hi, > I multiboot this system with PCDOS2k and Linux. 8gb is the limit I > found for extended partitions. Larger is not seen as a dos disk. You forgot to use the LBA-specific partition types. FreeDOS FDISK and Linux FDISK support them. > Logical partitions and the primary are limited to about 2g. This only holds for FAT16 partitions. Use FAT32 to get rid of the limit, but do not forget to use FAT32 partition types. Just FORMATTING to FAT32 is not enough, the FDISK information should agree on the partition type. Eric --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] re: FreeDOS FDISK another partition problem
Eric Auer wrote: 2. FDISK /CLEARALL 1 3. FDISK /MBR 4. FDISK /PRI:2000 That would be dangerous, I think. The bug report was just "it does not boot after fdisk and sys", not "I want to kill all my data". The solution FDISK /MBR will already be enough. He's testing on a new server, that's soon going to be rebuilt. I think this is a more concise series of steps. I made it clear in my post that "all data will be lost". If you use a multitasking operating system, then the kernel controls the network drivers, and it will be able to give several programs at the same time access to the network, by managing connection queues and whatnot. That's the one! You explained it much better:) -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] re: FreeDOS FDISK another partition problem
Hi... > 2. FDISK /CLEARALL 1 > 3. FDISK /MBR > 4. FDISK /PRI:2000 That would be dangerous, I think. The bug report was just "it does not boot after fdisk and sys", not "I want to kill all my data". The solution FDISK /MBR will already be enough. > > run some heavy calculation job, FreeDOS surely will better than any > > Windows server, since DOS have no (or very little) overhead. > Yes, that's what I'm thinking. The problems will arise when you can't do > multi-tasking and multi-threading, and utilizing full power of load > balancing on dual XEON:( Sorry, DOS for heavy server work is like "who needs a building to run a power grid? It is much lower overhead to just hold those wires togeth... > Have you tried DR-DOS's multitasking? Even that will not virtualize the hardware - there is only ONE network card and DR DOS will still run on only ONE CPU (no hyperthreading either). If you use a multitasking operating system, then the kernel controls the network drivers, and it will be able to give several programs at the same time access to the network, by managing connection queues and whatnot. The small DOS overhead can be nice if you run a single program which has to crunch lots of numbers without getting disturbed by other running tasks and by a variety of gadgets that you have in RAM and maybe even eating some CPU time while your number cruncher does not need them at all. On the other hand, there are things for which DOS is definitely NOT best. Eric --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
