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In mail (Sunday) you write:

> 15-σΕξ-2002 02:08 shadow AT krypton DOT rain DOT com (shadow AT krypton DOT rain DOT com)
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> opendos AT delorie DOT com:
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>>>      FreeDOS works with FAT32 and 8Gb+, but I don't know how it works
>>> with QEMM and DV, though.
> src> Why do you need more than 8 gig in a single partition?
>
>      Who says about "single partition"? I say about full disk size:
> when you try to access disk above 8Gb under noncompliant systems you
> simply destroy data.

That sounds like a BIOS issue, not anything to do with FAT-32. FAT-32
merely lets you have *bigger* partitions, or smaller clusters on large
partitions. 

The 8 gig limit is found in the BIOS on a lot of older systems.

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