Re: Partitioning hard drive

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From: Derek Morton
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00

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You may wish to check your information before misinforming us.

On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 14:52:26 +1000, Matt Jenner
<jennerm@ozemail.com.au.spam_off> wrote:

>
>
>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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Subject: Re: Partitioning hard drive
Date: 1998/11/29
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