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Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:52:50 PST7
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OS2 Maintenance Partititon

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In , on 04/28/02
at 11:13 PM, "Steven Levine" said:

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>In <20020429050311.MHKO7485.mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net@MYPC>, on 04/28/02

> at 09:03 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>>Thanks for the info. I have v. 3.03 which I want to use to partition and
>>format a 20 gig Maxtor hard drive. Will it do the job without the patch
>>to 3.05?

>Who knows? Why not install the 3.05 patch?

I don't have it and the Powerquest web site only offers downloads for
later versions. I suppose I could e-mail them and ask for the patch file.
They must still have it somewhere.

>If a bare drive, why not just use OS/2's fdisk?

I did not know fdisk would handle a 20 GB drive. In fact I was under the
impression that it would not handle a hard drive larger than 8 GB. And I
am hesitant to use anything which I have to explore while trying to do
something. I will read the command info to see if it makes me more
comfortable about using it.

I saw your response to Ray Davidson's message and don't understand the
former:

>>V3 with the 3.05 patch.
>>500M, 1.6, 8.4, 10, 20, 80G. I cannot imagine owning a PC without PM. I

>You are a lucky man. Lots of folks can't get 3.05 to work beyond 8GB. I
>suspect that only applies when booted to DOS and the BIOS drivers get in
>the way.

>Steven

Doesn't the first of the two floppies boot to Caldera's open DOS? Or are
you assuming the program files are on the hard drive and the program is
run after booting to DOS with boot manager?

Jack

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