Message-ID: <004101c106f3$86f09d60$80de4c18@cr140962a> From: "Fergus Hayman" To: Subject: DISK Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 07:45:55 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003E_01C106B8.DA71BA40" 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 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C106B8.DA71BA40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi I've recently installed DRDOS on a 486 laptop 8 megs ram. The = Harddrive is about 380megs. I have a 6 gig drive but the bios only = recognizes about 472 megs under dos . I Installed the latest AST = Powerexec bios update i could find . Is there a way to get around this = limitation , with a boot partition or something. I tried an FTP of = OpenBSD on the larger drive .( IT recognized the 6 gig drive)and it = wouldn't boot past the set tty screen. I figured it might be looking for = some of the data outside the bios boundry. I might try it again using = a 450meg Openbsd partition to see if it will boot. =20 The laptop of course has no cdrom . The 3com pcmcia card i have works = well from the openbsd boot disk. I scanned the DRDOS network drivers = and didn't see anything for pcmcia cards. Win3.11 dosn't appear to have = anything for this card either--- 32bit . Regards Fergus=20 ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C106B8.DA71BA40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi
 
    I've recently = installed DRDOS on=20 a 486 laptop 8 megs ram.   The Harddrive is about=20 380megs.    I have a 6 gig drive but the bios only = recognizes=20 about 472 megs under dos .  I  Installed the latest = AST =20 Powerexec bios update i could find .  Is there a way to get = around=20 this limitation , with a boot partition or something.  I tried =  an FTP of OpenBSD  on the larger drive .( IT recognized the 6 = gig=20 drive)and it wouldn't boot past the set tty screen. I figured it = might be=20 looking for some of the data  outside the bios boundry.  I = might try=20 it again using a 450meg Openbsd partition to see if it will=20 boot.           =
 
The laptop of course has no cdrom . The = 3com pcmcia=20 card i have works well from the openbsd boot disk.   I scanned = the=20 DRDOS network drivers and didn't see anything for pcmcia cards. Win3.11 = dosn't=20 appear to have anything for this card either--- 32bit .
 
          &nbs= p;=20 Regards           =   =20 Fergus
 
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