Mail Archives: opendos/2001/12/17/02:09:38
Interesting. Have you actually tried this? I use DM to overcome
the "512M (524M) barrier" on old motherboards, but I don't have
a drive > 8G to experiment with.
If this is so, is it a feature of the "Dynamic Drive Overlay"
(ie. the special MBR) or a redirector (ie. driver)? And is this
the special DR-DOS 7.04/7.05 O/S that (IIRC) Ontrack obtained
from Lineo, or more general (ie. for normal versions of DOS)?
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cox, Stuart SRM:EX [SMTP:Stuart DOT Cox AT gems1 DOT gov DOT bc DOT ca]
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 4:12 AM
> To: 'opendos AT delorie DOT com'
> Subject: RE: Pc-Dos 2000
>
> Ontrack System's Diskmanager software gives DOS the ability to access the
> whole drive when it's bigger than 8GB.
>
>
>
> Stuart Cox
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Kanarek [mailto:rkanarek AT sprintmail DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:07 AM
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: Pc-Dos 2000
>
>
> Greetings.
>
> Some months ago, it seemed time to replace my old computer with a new
> one. Wanting to support DOS, I purchased a copy of IBM PC DOS 2000. I
> purchased it brand new from CDW. It was in stock, not special-ordered.
> In fact, CDW still lists two versions of IBM PC DOS 2000
> (http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=120382 &
> http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=159506). I can only
> deduce that reports that IBM has discontinued DOS are unfounded. I
> might add that I was rather disappointed by my purchase. It was quite
> clear that the package hasn't been updated in years. I was also
> troubled by its, or at least FDISKs, inability to make full use of
> extremely large hard drives (though I'm in no position to speculate
> whether there are work-arounds). Of course, if I had needed PCMCIA
> drivers for my computer, and if PC DOS's PCMCIA driver's were
> compatible, I might have been much happier with PC DOS. <g>
>
> Just my two cents. Happy holidays to all!
>
>
> Cordially,
> Richard Kanarek
>
> P.S. I also supported OpenDOS by purchasing a licensed copy of it some
> years ago.
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