On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Bret Johnson wrote: > I totally agree it's ugly, and I wish I knew of another way, but is the > only thing that actually works reliably. Even creating an installable > device driver with large sectors only works with MS-DOS 7+; MS-DOS 6 and > below require the kernel patch. I've never tried, but PC-DOS may also > work with the patch (PC-DOS and MS-DOS have the same roots, but I don't > know exactly how far back support for large sectors goes compared to the > rift between MS and IBM).
Does 5.0 support it? The rift was shortly after the final revision of 5.0 (although 6.0 features did make it into PC DOS as well). For all intents and purposes IBM DOS 5.00R1 is identical to MS-DOS 5.00 "November refresh". -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
