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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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