On 2013-02-09 17:53 (GMT-0800) Ralf A. Quint composed:
> There was such a limitation in the original/ealy
> INT13h BIOS calls, which allowed for maximal 1024
> cylinders (x 16 heads x 63 sectors x 512
> bytes=528482304 bytes = 504MBytes).
In reading about the binary sizes such as this, you'll fin
nager back in the eighties.
>>> bs
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>>> *From:* Marco Achury
>>> *To:* sakura kinomoto ; Discussion and general
>>> questions about FreeDOS.
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>>> *Sent:* Saturday, Febr
Hi,
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Eric Auer wrote:
>
> I do not know baslinux, but you may want to try some
> Linux GPARTED boot disk... That lets you graphically
> modify partitioning, in some cases even modify in a
> way which does not cause content loss.
BASIC Linux is old and meant for old
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>> *From:* Marco Achury
>> *To:* sakura kinomoto ; Discussion and general
>> questions about FreeDOS.
>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 9, 2013 6:59 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Freedos-user] Bios limitation at 8 gb, and new hdd
>>
>
At 05:33 PM 2/9/2013, john s wolter wrote:
BS,
Don't forget the FAT-16 limit of 514 or was that
504 MBytes. Â Somehow this issue keeps being
asked. Â Maybe we are not doing enough to explain it clearly.
There is no FAT-16 limit of 504MBytes.
There was such a limitation in the original/ealy
eighties.
> bs
>
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> *From:* Marco Achury
> *To:* sakura kinomoto ; Discussion and general
> questions about FreeDOS.
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 9, 2013 6:59 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Freedos-user] Bios limitation at 8 gb, and new hdd
>
&g
Hey neat. I used Ontrack Disk Manager back in the eighties.
bs
From: Marco Achury
To: sakura kinomoto ; Discussion and general questions
about FreeDOS.
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Bios limitation at 8 gb, and new
On 2013-02-09 16:04 (GMT+0100) Eric Auer composed:
> 0f is extended with LBA (like 05 but with LBA)
I'm pretty sure no OS on the planet requires extended type 0x0F to use LBA,
except
Win95b
Win98
WinME
If you use none of above WinDOS, there's no use in using the non-sta
Hi! Returning to the list... So you have tried:
> 1: Different disk managers (SpfDisk, Partition Magic, Power Quest,
> Fdisk, Fdisk in BasLinux(it can create partitions on all hdd,
> but can not mount it)
SPFDISK has this menu option "setup support FAT32"
which you can enable. Also, when you edi
Thank you, Marco Achury!
how can I install ontrack disk manager, without floppy? (my floppy device is
broken)
(I download it by link http://old-dos.ru/dl.php?id=4602 )
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On DOS this is a normal limitation.
There a program "Ontrack Disk Manager" that help you to format big
partitions.
You can left 1 or 2 partitions for DOS (8 Gb each) and the remaining
disk you
can use it with another operating system.
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Op 9-2-2013 12:18, sakura kinomoto schreef:
> Hi all!
> I have a PC 1996 year, and bought a hd
> d, Samsung sp0802n, (maybe 2005 year), with 80 gigabites
>
> But my bios can see only (first) 8 gigabites
> I am newbie, so, please, tell me, what software can help?
> Thanks for any hint!
You might wa
Hi all!
I have a PC 1996 year, and bought a hd
d, Samsung sp0802n, (maybe 2005 year), with 80 gigabites
But my bios can see only (first) 8 gigabites
I am newbie, so, please, tell me, what software can help?
Thanks for any hint!
I love FreeDOS! :)
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