Re: Is max HPFS drive size only 2 GB? [No]

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From: Frank McKenney
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:00

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In <43c4at$plb@News1.mcs.net>, itsinc@mcs.com writes:
>In <43ar9b$3ap2@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, rrs0059@ibm.net    (Frank McKenney) writes:
>>You say this came from a README file shipped with OS/2. Can you tell me 
>>which one (file name) and which OS/2 version it came from? 

>  'README', from OS/2 Warp (red box).

itsinc,

Just checked my README and README.INS files, both dated 3/95.  Neither
mentions anything about a limit other than the 1024 cylinder limit
("528MB").

I can ony assume that this was a typo, corrected in later releases.

Frank McKenney            / OS/2 Advisor (OS2BBS)
McKenney Associates       / Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
Internet: rrs0059@ibm.net / TalkLink: WZ01123

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From: rrs0059@ibm.net    (Frank McKenney)
Subject: Re: Is max HPFS drive size only 2 GB? [No]
Date: 1995/09/16
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