Very Computer

This may have nothing to do with Linux; if not, I apologize
to those of you in the Linux newsgroup who are reading this.

I have received a used 1.2Gb HD which previously had a
200Mb primary DOS partition, a 300Mb extended DOS partition,
and the rest was used for Linux, and partitioned using the
appropriate Linux utilities.

I have placed the hard drive in another machine and correctly
set up the BIOS.  I have completely formatted the hard drive
(via the BIOS).  When I go into the DOS 6.22 fdisk to create
a 1.2Gb primary DOS partition, it only creates a 504Mb partition
and then tells me that there is no room left on the device.
How can I get the whole hard drive set up for DOS?

Is there some problem with the area of the hard drive that used
to be configured for Linux, or is there some problem with DOS,
and the 500Mb limit and the prior 500Mb of DOS partitioning
are merely coincidence?

I'll check the newsgroups, but would appreciate an e-mail reply.
Thank you.

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Michael S. Post

http://www.westworld.com/~mpost

Quote:>Is there some problem with the area of the hard drive that used
>to be configured for Linux, or is there some problem with DOS,
>and the 500Mb limit and the prior 500Mb of DOS partitioning
>are merely coincidence?

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Hope this helps
viper

Quote:>This may have nothing to do with Linux; if not, I apologize
>to those of you in the Linux newsgroup who are reading this.
>I have placed the hard drive in another machine and correctly
>set up the BIOS.  I have completely formatted the hard drive
>(via the BIOS).  When I go into the DOS 6.22 fdisk to create
>a 1.2Gb primary DOS partition, it only creates a 504Mb partition
>and then tells me that there is no room left on the device.
>How can I get the whole hard drive set up for DOS?

  1. Replace the motherboard with a later one. ~$150 including 486dx-133CPU
     Requires some knowledge of computer maint.

  2. Replace the BIOS on the motherboard.   ~$70 can be a hassle to get the
     right one for your board.

  3. Get a Promise EIDE controller with it's own BIOS. ~$70 - works great,
     and is available in ISA or VLB bus flavors. (Other brands avail.)

  4. Get some Disk Manager type program that uses a boot loader device
     driver to  give you the whole drive. Other brand includes Partition
     Magic. This solution is NOT Recommended.

Best choice: Option 3.

-----
Mark.

Quote:>I have received a used 1.2Gb HD
> When I go into the DOS 6.22 fdisk to create
>a 1.2Gb primary DOS partition, it only creates a 504Mb partition
>and then tells me that there is no room left on the device.

Further explanation sent via email per poster's request;
followups set to c.o.msdos.misc only.

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996 00:21:25 -0700, "Michael S. Post"

-gary

Tom Dial

T-mack

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