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Article #34374Re: FDISK
From: Tom Mullan
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <uv5TXBA0KSD3Ewaa@zadsoft.demon.co.uk>, "Andrew D. Newbould" <andrewn@zadsoft.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <+CHhWCApZRD3EwLq@shacc.demon.co.uk>, Tom Mullan ><tom@shacc.demon.co.uk> writes >> > I intend booting using DOS6.2, so my question is >>will FDISK support partitions up to 7Gb? > >DOS 6.2 only supports partitions up to 2.1Gb so you will have to create >8 or 9 partitions if you are serious. > >The only way to use larger partitions is by installing Win95 OSR2, >Win98, Win NT or another operating system (Unix etc.). > >>And also why doesn't OEM win98 come with a win98 boot disk? > >Most OEM versions only come with a boot disk if they configure their >machines in some weird and wonderful way. Everyone else assumes the user >will not require one (If only!) and if they should, the user creates it >using the control panel before requiring its use. > I've loaded win98 now in a primary partition of 2Gb. Haven't touched the other 16Gb yet. I shall spend some time reading the win98 documentation and various books in the shops! -- Tom Mullan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,da6b0e82da45eede X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public From: Tom Mullan <tom@shacc.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: FDISK Date: 1999/04/14 Message-ID: <0DrzWNABQQF3EwLa@shacc.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 466453616 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: shacc.demon.co.uk:158.152.55.76 References: <+CHhWCApZRD3EwLq@shacc.demon.co.uk> <uv5TXBA0KSD3Ewaa@zadsoft.demon.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 924125478 nnrp-02:13139 NO-IDENT shacc.demon.co.uk:158.152.55.76 Organization: Upstairs Ltd MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: demon.tech.pc