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Re: Dos limitation
From:
Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:09:59 -0400
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> I know this has come up before but thought I wouldn't be in the
> same position,
> and now I find I'm in that position.
>
> I can't get dos to recognize above 504megs!  It's a 2.1 gig HD.  I go into
> fdisk and it tops out at 504megs.  I had to reformat the drive
> (which at the
> time did recognize 2.1 gig) and when I got to fdisk it would only
> go to 504
> megs. I'm using a dos 6.2 boot disk.
>
> system:
> Shuttle Hot-555A Version 3.2
> Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
> 11-11-97-i430vx, 8680-2A59GH2KC-00
> Samsung WA32162A  (2.1gig)
> 32Mg SDRAM
>
> When I boot up, the boot screen shows the HD as 2.1 gig.

        Set the BIOS to LBA mode, it is probably set to normal, you have to set
this even with the automatic detection setting, worked for me. TTYL

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