X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Message-ID: <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A455A8BB@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: Big Drives (was: Pc-Dos 2000) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:11:24 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id fBH76ti21478 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com 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. > > 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.