Message-ID: <000201c0946b$54e3ca40$1bb4abd4@WhiteDragon> From: "White Dragon" To: Subject: Hard Disk 20gb and dos Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:50:27 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01C0946C.437E3FA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Messaggio in formato MIME composto da pił parti. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C0946C.437E3FA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First of all, hello to everybody. This is my first day here. I've got a Western digital 20gb 7200 rpm (i think it belongs to the = "caviar" series...). 4 years ago i had a 80mb ibm (My beloved ps2 386!!!) and ms-dos 6.22. So = i decided to install that dos again. I partitioned my hd in this way primary 15 gb fat32 partition primary 1 gb fat16 partition extended 4 gb fat32 partition. I decided to make bootable the second, becouse i had to install dos = there. But... ms-dos fdisk doesn't recognize at all my hd. Well, exactly = it doesn't report space in a correct way. So i tryed with dr-dos 7.03. This one recognize correctly all the space and partition type but it = cannot modify them. I know that dos operating systems have 8.4 gb limitation, but there is a = way to override it? And what if i put the fat16 partition in the first 8.4 gb (using dr-dos = fdisk)? For example: primary 1 gb fat16 partition primary 15-19gb fat32 partition Well... another question. Adding fat32 drivers in the first installation = disk would help? Sorry to bother all of you for such things, but i need help. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C0946C.437E3FA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
First of all, hello to everybody. This = is my first=20 day here.
I've got a Western digital 20gb 7200 = rpm (i think=20 it belongs to the "caviar" series...).
4 years ago i had a 80mb ibm (My = beloved ps2=20 386!!!) and ms-dos 6.22. So i decided to install that dos again. I = partitioned=20 my hd in this way
primary 15 gb fat32 = partition
primary 1 gb fat16 = partition
extended 4 gb fat32 = partition.
I decided to make bootable the second, = becouse i=20 had to install dos there. But... ms-dos fdisk doesn't recognize at all = my hd.=20 Well, exactly it doesn't report space in a correct way. So i tryed with = dr-dos=20 7.03.
This one recognize correctly all the = space and=20 partition type but it cannot modify them.
I know that dos operating systems have = 8.4 gb=20 limitation, but there is a way to override it?
And what if i put the fat16 partition = in the first=20 8.4 gb (using dr-dos fdisk)? For example:
primary 1 gb fat16 = partition
primary 15-19gb fat32 = partition
Well... another question. Adding = fat32 drivers=20 in the first installation disk would help?
Sorry to bother all of you for such = things, but i=20 need help.
 
 
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