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Article #3015Re: Disk Manager and MSDOS 5.0
From: Joe Wasik
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 22:54
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 22:54
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In article esaholm@polaris.utu.fi (Esa Holmberg) writes: > > With DOS 4 (and prior), I have to use Disk Manager to get full > use of my hard disc, as it has more cylinders than DOS 4 can > understand. Has the 1024 cylinder limit finally been removed, > or do I still have to stick with Disk Manager.. ?-) > DOS 5 allows large disks -- but that increased capacity must still remain with the first 1024 cylinders. I believe this is a problem with the BIOS, i.e. it's on a chip. -- Joe Wasik, Pac*Bell, 2600 Camino Ramon, Rm 4E750V, San Ramon, CA (415)823-2422 email: jcwasik@clib.PacBell.COM or [...]!pacbell!clib!jcwasik If Webster was so smart, how come his dictionaries don't have an index?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!pacbell!pbhyf!jcwasik From: jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Disk Manager and MSDOS 5.0 Message-ID: <9057@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> Date: 20 Jun 91 22:54:31 GMT References: <1991Jun17.100115.31473@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1991Jun17.221311.15797@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <1991Jun18.091756.31516@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1991Jun19.171414.24136@unixg.ubc.ca> <esaholm.677411081@polaris> Reply-To: jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik) Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 15