Re: Partitioning hard drive

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From: Matt Jenner
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00

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Derek Morton wrote:
> 
> Keith
> 
> You have been misinformed.
> 
> The 2Gb and 8Gb limits are bios limits.

and you are doing your own share of 'misinforming'

the two common BIOS limits are 528M and 8G

theGoob

> win95a cannot do bigger that 2Gb
> ALL other win (win95b and higher including winnt) can do partitions as big as
> you can buy.
> 
> On Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:42:53 -0500, "Keith D. Robinson"
> <chipwizz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> >Windows (any version) has trouble with partitions larger than 4MB.  I
> >recommend dividing it in half
> >

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