Partition >32MB (response)

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From: wordproc
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 17:16

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/* ---------- "> 32MB partitions wanted" ---------- */
> I have a 65 MB Mitsubishi RLL disk for use in my Compaq Portable
> and have gotten tired of having two drives (C and D).  What I'd like is
> formatting software to partition the drive into one large 65MB partition.
> NOTE:  I specifically DO NOT want to upgrade to DOS 4.xx!  It's to buggy
> and DOS 3.3 is smaller.
> -- Terry

I've been using MSDOS 4.01 on a 286/20 machine with a 110MB hard drive
as a single partition for a year now, and have never had problems with it.
I use a wide variety of applications and languages, and use Norton's
Speed Disk regularly on the 110MB drive to keep it optimized.

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      Marcus Clenney, WD4GQM   ___    ___  /___  ___/ ________   / 
      U. of Central Florida   /   |  /   |    / /    / ______/  /
 Dept. of Computer Science   / /| | / /| |   / /    / /        /
       Orlando, FL  32816   / / | |/ / | |  / /    / /_____   /
 wordproc@ucf-cs.ucf.edu   /_/  |___/  |_| /_/    /_______/  /
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Subject: Partition >32MB (response)
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