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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:03:56 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: * [opendos] [OpenDOS] All of them nice ideas
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In article <Pine DOT GSO DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970211222524 DOT 7736C-100000 AT sparkie DOT gnofn DOT org>,
"Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org> writes
>> > I read (in the mailing list) that a harddisk can only supprt 4 partitions.
>> > But is this a hardware limit or a software limit?
>> 
>> Hardware.
>
>SOFTWARE!  MBR Limitation!

You thought it was safe to rejoin the list......

You thought it was safe to reopen your mailbox........

Just as you saw that FlameWar()(TM) had ebbed away........

Here comes it's big brother.....

:)

Doesn't really matter which it is, because you can have logical
partitions within the physical partitions.

-- 
DrDebug

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