This version of fdisk should offer a prompt asking if you want support for
large volumes/disks.  You need to answer "Yes" if you want FAT32.

David Gillett


On 1 Aug 2003, at 23:04, Bob Zuccarello wrote:

> The os is win98se and was supposed to be fat32 using fdisk. the mb is a asus
> p2b with a p2 cpu @400 mhz. The mb uses award bios version 4.51. Just
> wondering if bios needs to be updated.
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> > We need a little more information like operating system and other details.
> > For Example if you format in FAT 16 then 2 GB is the maximum.  This is one
> way
> > a 10 GB drive would only show less than maximum.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike Scott
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