Re: OT: hard drive limits Q



Robert Baer wrote:

I know of the limits up to 2Gbytes, but understand there are others,
especially around 32Gbytes.
First, what exactly are those limit values and what causes them?
Second, how does one determine the limit of a given motherboard & BIOS?
Third, assume a system has a 32Gbyte limit; why would a 40 Gbyte
drive give no problems ever,

Then it clearly doesn't have a 32GB limit.


and one of three 120Gbyte drives have minor
problems and the others refuse to boot even in DOS 6.22?

I have found trouble with drives partitoned as system drives under DOS 6.22 that
won't work as system drives under DOS 5.0 and below. It's something to do with a
subtle change, I think it's the master boot record that previously didn't exist.

You need to be more specific.

Graham


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