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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: More on the C: and D: business
- Message-ID: <1992Aug24.001629.8099@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
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- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 00:16:29 GMT
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- Clinton Jeffery (cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu) wrote:
- >
- > Comments from the peanut gallery are welcome. If someone can tell me
- > how to format all 200MB (CMOS sez 1631 cyls, 15 heads, 17 spt) of the
- > drive for OS/2, I'll stop whining about not being able to access a
- > second 30MB DOS partition!
-
- AHH! Well, DOS (or is the BIOS?) can not recognise more than 1024
- cylinders. This is causing your problems. You will probably find that
- your drive (SCSI or IDE, I presume) can be configured to a different set
- of values, probably with 35 sectors and half the cylinders (I emphasise
- PROBABLY, check with the docs or the manufacturer).
-
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-