Re: IBM PC/XT UPGRADE

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From: Richard Wexelblat
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1986 13:58

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In article <707@nicmad.UUCP> brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video) writes:
>In article <4992@ut-sally.UUCP> nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes:
>>In article <704@nicmad.UUCP>, brown@nicmad.UUCP writes:
>>> The only way you can have PC-DOS 2.10 run 20MB hard drives is if:
>>> 	1. You run partitioned drives with two 10MB partitions or
>>> 	2. You butchered the drive to fool DOS
>>> As PC-DOS 2.10 stands, it is not able to format 20MB hard drives as 20MB.

(Sorry if this repeats other postings but I'm a bit behind in reading and we
don't have NOTES)

I have been using a 21M hard disk with 2.10 for a long time with no trouble.
The 2.1 FDISK has no problems nor do FORMAT, BACKUP, CHKDSK, etc.

	--Dick Wexelblat {decvax|seismo|ihnp4}!philabs!rlw

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From: rlw@briar.UUCP (Richard Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: IBM PC/XT UPGRADE
Message-ID: <222@briar.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jun-86 09:58:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  6 09:58:11 1986
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