Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 23:50:56 +0200
From: Matthias Paul <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: [OpenDOS] Novell DOS 7
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On 2003-04-02, Martin C wrote:

> I´d like to know if there is any way to use large
> disks with Novell DOS 7.

On most systems, you can use one or more harddisks up to 8 Gb
per disk in total under Novell DOS 7 or OpenDOS 7.01. The
maximum size for each partition is 2 Gb (FAT16B limit).

On some very rare systems, you may run into problems using
harddisks larger 1 Gb under Novell DOS. These problems no
longer exist in DR-DOS 7.02 and above.

> I´ve tried with caldera DOS,

? There was no operating system named Caldera DOS. You
either mean Caldera OpenDOS 7.01 or Caldera DR-DOS 7.02
oder 7.03. (There were also a few Beta versions named
slightly different.)
Please specify the exact name and version, and maybe even
the date of the kernel files IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM,
so we can determine which OS you use. If it's 7.02 or
above, you can "run" IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM from
the prompt in order to retrieve the internal build date
(older versions will crash when you attempt to do this).
Alternatively, you can enter DIAG mode by switching
Scroll-Lock on while the message "Starting DR-DOS"
(or similar) is displayed - this will display additional
debug including the internal build date.

> but the system that I have to run in DOS for some
> reason didn't wanted to work right, and had severals
> hungs up.

Hm, this sounds more like a configuration problem with
whatever recent version you tried. Maybe you can elaborate
on this in better details?

Greetings,

 Matthias

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