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Roderick W. Smith (rodsmith@indiana.edu) wrote:
: In message <59lcnr$lf5@mippet.ci.com.au> - Antonio Lam
: <laman@accsoft.com.au>23 Dec 1996 07:35:23 GMT writes:
: > 
: > In Australia, one of the leading PC magazine, PC User, comparing
: > Win95, WinNT and OS/2 Warp in the Operation System Section of the Vol
: > 9 Number 1 January 1997 issue, says:
: > 
: > "Both OS/2 and NT directly support RAID (redundant array of
: > inexpensive drives) for reliable sky's-the-limit storage, while
: > Windows 95 doesn't.  On the other hand, OS/2 Warp needs help to handle
: > IDE disks larger than 512kb."
: [snip]
:
: Fourth, OS/2 has long been able to handle drives that have more than
: 1024 cylinders (as reported by the BIOS).  Like *ALL* OSes, it can't
: boot from above the 1024-cylinder mark, but OS/2 has been able to
: natively use that space since at least version 2.1, probably earlier. 
: At that time, DOS users were struggling to overcome the limit, but
: OS/2 did it out of the box.  Amazing how the press can twist the
: truth.
: 

Just to put my 2c in.  OS/2 Recognises my 2.5 that my bios doesn't..

I have a P133 with a 1.6g and 2.5g, the bios reports the 1.6 at 1.6, but
recognises my 2.5 at 425mb.. I've been told that a bios upgrade will fix
this, but when I mailed award (their bios help line for upgrades) I got
no reply.

As for the 512mb limit, considering that the 2.5 would start after that
limit, and only os2 recognises it...(not even lynux will do it..) I don't
see their point..

see ya

Paul

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Paul Snow

		"For you, there might be another song,
		But all my heart can hear is your melody"