Bret Johnson <bretjohn@ju... wrote - on 2014-01-03 17:38 : >> ... : that any formatting, >> and if necessary, maintenance, be done under another OS, >> e;g., under Linux or Windows XP.
> "Meanwhile" being the key point here, as that is really your only option > right now since DOS utilities can't do > everything they should be able to do (at least not yet). I personally don't > want to always and forever be > forced to use other OS's to do something DOS could do. Well, I beg you consider things aren't so bad, for the USB storage devices we want to serve are "mobile" almost by definition - it would be surprising to find an internal USB disk ! Most users will be able to and also want to move the device back and fro between their DOS OS and a more powerful OS, on the same or another computer. Furthermore, not all DOS maintenance utils require int 13, for instance Scandisk works with big sectors too. It may have problems with "too large" partitions, but it's not related to sector sizes. Whatever, after successful testing the 32-bit access on a DOS partition created near the end of my 1 terabyte unit, I hereby declare phase one of "operation 4K" a win :=) since it fulfills my needs for file interchange and archiving. I'm now anxious to hear from Jason - or another maintenor? - about the possibility of upgrading DOSLFN to work along with this. See you later... -- Czerno ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
