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|    Doug Mccomber to mark lewis    |
|    Re: DOS and HPFS    |
|    07 Jun 12 08:18:58    |
       ml> IIRC, it is 2gig or something like that... i use it here, too... in        ml> all my DOS side ops... it does work but not always... for example, i        ml> have the original allfix universal which runs mostly from my DOS side        ml> but it has problems with the disk sizes on my destination drives and        ml> reports not enough space for a lot of stuff... even with 2gig in        ml> place... after fighting it quietly for several years, i finally found        ml> a workaround via a command line parameter that seems to handle it...        ml> i've not tried converting that particular bit of my system's        ml> processing to the OS/2 side, though... as it was, i had to move all        ml> of my allfix processing to my midnight maint due to another problem        ml> with my netmail area and"file in use" conflicts that shouldn't have        ml> been happening...               ml> anyway... [searching] ahhh... here it is!                      ml> 2GBFIX.ZIP 10165 17-Nov-1998        ml> ============================================== 2GBFIX is a workaround        ml> for a problem that occurs in DOS and WIN-OS/2 sessions under OS/2        ml> (and possibly other OSes that provide virtual DOS sessions) when you        ml> have disks or partitions that exceed 2 GB (2048 MB) in size.              Thanks Mark. I'll have to give that one a try to see if it solves my        particular issue as that would be better than re-partitioning.              Regards,       Doug              --- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4/mL        * Origin: The Ville - Kinston, NS (1:255/36)    |
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