Mail Archives: opendos/2001/12/17/19:02:37
Thanks for that, Stuart.
I understand how unforseen circumstances tend to affect our plans,
so don't worry too much about that. If you do get around to trying this,
I'd be interested to know, and I expect others on the list would be too.
BTW, what is the license issue you refer to?
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cox, Stuart SRM:EX [SMTP:Stuart DOT Cox AT gems1 DOT gov DOT bc DOT ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:04 AM
> To: 'opendos AT delorie DOT com'
> Subject: RE: Big Drives (was: Pc-Dos 2000)
>
> No, I've not actually seen it work. (Sounds bad, doesn't it?)
>
> You seem to be more intimately aware of Diskmanager's operation than I've
> wanted to have to come to know or have been forced to become.
>
> I get the impression that it's a DDO thing though. It didn't seem to be
> (DR|MS|?)-DOS specific either.
>
> I bought the most recent version to be able to install a 20BG drive on a
> 166MHz MMX Windows box. The advertising prominently listed DOS > 8GB as
> an
> important feature for some of us.
>
> Once in possession of the software however, I couldn't find any
> instructions
> on how to use the DOS specific feature(s). An email to Ontrack resolved
> my
> dilemma by telling me that there's an executable that makes up a DOS
> bootable diskette with all the stuff that is needed to install the DDO and
> utilities.
>
> I haven't had the time to experiment with installing it on a pure DOS box.
> Time and unforeseen occurrence befall us all. I also don't want to ignore
> their license.
>
>
> Stuart Cox
> Map Generalization Technician, not
> Forest Inventory and Monitoring Branch
> Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
> ······················································
> Phone: (250)387-5529
> FAX: (250)356-9430
> email Stuart DOT Cox AT gems1 DOT gov DOT bc DOT ca
> View the FMIB Website at:
> http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/resinv/homepage.htm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: da Silva, Joe [mailto:Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 11:11 PM
> To: 'opendos AT delorie DOT com'
> Subject: RE: Big Drives (was: Pc-Dos 2000)
>
>
> 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
> > Map Generalization Technician, not
> > Forest Inventory and Monitoring Branch
> > Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
> > ······················································
> > Phone: (250)387-5529
> > FAX: (250)356-9430
> > email Stuart DOT Cox AT gems1 DOT gov DOT bc DOT ca
> > View the FMIB Website at:
> > http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/resinv/homepage.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > -----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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