On 2012-11-12 18:42 (GMT+0100) Bernd Blaauw composed: > Earlier in the thread you mentioned a 13GB disk seen a bit smaller with > all things going wrong. This might mean the system has a BIOS > harddisk-recognition limitation, usually bugging out partition management.
My slightly newer Dell PIII laptop has no such problem. IIRC, the last PC BIOS with such a limit predate the 440BX chipset in her Inspiron 7500 by at least a year. > For reference again Wikipedia: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Drive_Overlay > Hopefully the system will accept FreeDOS just fine on the harddisk. > Always disliked DDO software, it messed up lots of disk tools. I have to think a pure DOS only user would have little or no need for a HD bigger than the maximum supported by the BIOS. I'd use what is available natively rather than using an overlay for the rather modest space gain between ~8G & 13G. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
