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Date:	Wed, 1 May 2002 13:48:10 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OS2 Maintenance Partititon

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In <20020501065230.HMAB2855.mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net@MYPC>, on 04/30/02
at 10:52 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>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.

You could do that, but I happen to remember where they keep them. :-)

ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/productupdates/partitionmagic/partitionmagic3

I'm pretty sure this is the patch for the OS/2 version. If not, you've
have to hunt some more are emial Powerquest for the correct location.

>I did not know fdisk would handle a 20 GB drive. In fact I was under the

It's not an fdisk issue as much as a driver issue. If the driver can
support the drive, fdisk can support the drive. If you are booting DOS,
then the driver is the BIOS, so the BIOS capabilities are the limiting
factor.

>something. I will read the command info to see if it makes me more
>comfortable about using it.

We can discuss this on the IRC Help Desk if you wish.

>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?

As I mentioned above, if you are booted to DOS, the BIOS will limit what
fdisk can do. If you boot from a set of updated OS/2 boot diskettes with
drivers that support 20GB drives, then fdisk will work without problems.

Steven

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