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Article #147Re: Using a 4G SCSI disk under DOS ? (how?)
From: Gerhard Islinger
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 17:20
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 17:20
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Dan, yes, it's possible that way... but consider working with four 1GB partitions for the smaller cluster size. you create a primary partition of up to 2 GB in size, and an extended partition for the rest of the disk, where you install logical drives with FDISK. But your description of FDISK not seeing the 4GB makes me think the old UltraStor BIOS isn't capable of supporting extended translation and so is limited to 1 GB. If yes, check your manual if there's a jumper-selectable option for this, and check ftp://ftp.primenet.com:users/users/u/ustor for a new BIOS, if any... Gerhard ------------------- Ddan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu wrote: > I know this must be a FAQ-type question but... > How does one get a SCSI disk > 2Gb to work under DOS ? > I have a 4Gb Micropolis hanging of an Ultrastor 24F controller. The >controller sees the 4Gb fine, But FDISK doesn't. I would like to make 2 * 2Gb >FAT partitions from this drive. Is it possible ? > Thanks. > Cheers, > Dan Ts'o 713-798-3331 > Div. Neuroscience FAX: 713-798-3897 > Baylor College of Medicine > 1 Baylor Plaza S553 dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu > Houston, TX 77030 tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu
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