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Article #154Re: Using a 4G SCSI disk under DOS ? (how?)
From: Craig Faichney
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:27
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:27
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>You have to enable >1GB on your SCSI contoller. >Then you can use fdisk to create 2 2GB partitions. DOS can't handle >more than 2GB, but 2 partions are OK. Create a primary partion of >2GB, then an extended partion using the rest. Works fine for me. Why the 2 GB limit? DOS, as long as you fiddle with the BIOS to get over the >540 MB limitation, should handle any size drive. Yes? No? Now, Win95 is another story. Why they went for that 2 gig limit when drives are already at the 1.6 gig mark, I'll never know.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!inforamp.net!usenet From: craigf@inforamp.net (Craig Faichney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Using a 4G SCSI disk under DOS ? (how?) Date: 26 Dec 1995 12:27:53 GMT Organization: You want it *when*?! Message-ID: <4bopo9$eh5@sam.inforamp.net> References: <4b5qis$lag@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> <4b8tl6$k1e@luxor.mch.sni.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts33-13.tor.inforamp.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6