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Date:	Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:07:01 PST7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: W4 Install to 80GB IDE

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Is this a fresh, unpartitioned, unformatted drive? Are you hoping OS/2
install will take care of that stuff? Are you hoping to leave it as a
single partition?

I have two 80G IDE. OS/2 fdisk cuts off at 64G partitions. Some
machines don't seem to like anything over 32G.

Ray

Steve Carter wrote:
>
>
> A handicapped colleague is having trouble re-installing his
> original W4 to his new 80 GB IDE HD, because the drive is
> too large. He will not be buying MCP.
>
> Is it enough to use the new install disks, originally intended
> for thinkpads and downloadable from IBM?
>
> Do _they_ need updating?
>
> I'd like to keep this simple for him (and me), and I DON'T
> want to become his IT support staff. Tnx

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