Hi! Indeed, it is always a very good idea to have a look at the FAQ first when you ask a FreeDOS question which is "popular to ask" :-)
> http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/faq/cgi-bin/viewfaq.cgi?faq=Installing_FreeDOS/122 Nice FAQ but got a bit off topic ;-) Size limits are 2 gb for compatible fat16 and 128 gb or maybe 32 gb for compatible fat32, but if you use the freedos tools instead of windows ones, the main limit is your BIOS. If it supports no lba, limit is 8 gb. If only lba28 is supported, limit is 128 gigabytes and if lba48 is supported, limit is 2 terabyte (because the DOS partitioning scheme only supports 32 bit sector numbers, not 48 bit). You CAN have those 2 terabytes in ONE fat32 partition but it will be very slow and bloated. I think Alain should not make his "install so that the PC ONLY contains DOS" use ALL the available space. He should instead set his installer to ALWAYS use 7 GB (or 30 or 120) and leave the rest empty. Better for the efficiency of DOS. Will work on all computers which have at least 7 (or 30 or 120) GB disk size. To work even on very old PC with no LBA BIOS support, 7 GB is the right choice. I hope that all harddisks with less than that size have been moved to museums by now :-). Eric > > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:46:57 -0300> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > > [email protected]> Subject: [Freedos-devel] Disk > > size limit> > Hi,> > is there any disk size limit to FreeDOS's FAT32?> > > > My concer is that HDs are getting stupidly big, and I want to make a > > > simple .BAT that uses fdisk batch capability to make one partition > > and > trouble may be waiting somewhere...> > thanks,> Alain> > PS: Can anybody compile fdisk? The LBA and disk detection really need repairs and the "delete partition table on read error" thing definitely must be disabled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
