X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Message-ID: <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A455A8C1@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: Big Drives (was: Pc-Dos 2000) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:07:43 +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 fBI02Qq31943 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com 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. > > > > 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.