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In article <802938346snx@mercer.demon.co.uk> alex@mercer.demon.co.uk writes:

> I've just bought a new Seagate IDE ST3660A drive and tried to replace
> my existing second harddrive with it.
[snip] 
> I've spent an entirely frustrating evening connecting to the SEAGATE
> BBS and the IBM BBS and finding absolutely nothing.  I've also tried
> the Seagate WWW page, and the Warp Pharmacy.  Can anyone suggest
> anything ?
> 
> Alex Chapman  <alex@mercer.demon.co.uk>

Hi Alex, this extract from the README file I found after
installing Warp may help.

[start extract]
 OS/2 Warp Version 3   README file found in the root
 directory of the drive where you installed OS/2 Warp.

> 2.0  ENHANCED IDE HARD DRIVES GREATER THAN 528MB
>      ___________________________________________
>
>  If you have an Enhanced IDE hard drive that has a
>  capacity of greater than 528MB (greater than 1024
>  cylinders), note the following restrictions:
>
>  The FAT file system is limited to partition sizes of
>  less than 1024 cylinders.
>
>  The HPFS file system can support data partitions that
>  are greater than 1024 cylinders.  However, the partition
>  from which OS/2 is started cannot be greater than 1024
>  cylinders.  The HPFS file system can support drives up
>  to 2GB.

stephen.
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