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Article #3062Re: Disk Manager and MSDOS 5.0
From: Torry Schreiner
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 07:28
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 07:28
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In article <1991Jun19.171414.24136@unixg.ubc.ca> martell@ucs.ubc.ca (Jonn Martell) writes: >In article <1991Jun18.091756.31516@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1h1a0m@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > >Thanks to all the folks that gave suggestions about disk manager and dos 5. >It turned out that disk manager is not needed any longer. The steps I took >follow: >- make dos 5 bootable diskettes >- boot with dos 5 in drive A: >- low level format HD with debug (controller has rom in it to do that) >- fdisk with dos 5 >- format with dos 5 Does anyone know if dos 5 can deal with drives of 1024 cylinders or more? I need Disk Manager to use 300 plus cylinders of my drive. Can dos 5 do it alone so I can get rid of the (pain-in-the-ass) Disk Manager.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!ogicse!clark!t02 From: t02@clark.edu (Torry Schreiner) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Disk Manager and MSDOS 5.0 Message-ID: <1991Jun25.072841.10018@clark.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 07:28:41 GMT References: <1991Jun17.221311.15797@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <1991Jun18.091756.31516@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1991Jun19.171414.24136@unixg.ubc.ca> Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa. USA Lines: 16