Message-ID: <003301c2c795$f10004c0$d8dcfea9@diana>
From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk AT yifan DOT net>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DR DOS
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 04:57:11 -0800
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> Hi
>
> I noticed your problem.
>
> There are problems with most dos (Dr MS Etc) if you try to boot  them
> from  a partition whose start sector  is further than 2 GB away from the
> beginning of the physical drive. They simply do not recognize the
> partition. I believe that there is a fix for MSdos.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> DH


OH, that must be it, then. I also was wondering whether working with a large
disk could introduce problems. The only thing that occurred to me was to
hide all partitions except the DOS one. But this is about 36 Gig away from
the beginning of the physical drive. I have no problem putting it closer to
the beginning, I have only to re-partition and re-arrange everything. So, I
think I'll give it a try. But, do you think that the fix for MSDOS would
work for DR DOS, and where can I find it?

I really appreciate your input. If I move that partition and the system
boots, I owe you a beer.

Teilhard.