Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

> On Jun 6, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > >>> The 8086 kernel can be compiled with FAT32. > > The question is whether the floppy installer should use > an 8086 FAT32 kernel. Pro: It works with FAT32 partitions > which people may create even for 250 MB drives because > they believe sm

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

>> The 8086 kernel can be compiled with FAT32. The question is whether the floppy installer should use an 8086 FAT32 kernel. Pro: It works with FAT32 partitions which people may create even for 250 MB drives because they believe smaller clusters would always be great. And almost everybody has h

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

> On Jun 6, 2020, at 8:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 8:29 PM Jerome Shidel > wrote: > Hi Eric, > > ... > > Overall, I think a better solution would be for the kernel team (PerditionC) > to > build the 8086 kernel with a comparable feat

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

> >> Like I originally said... By design or a bug. > > No, you ASKED whether it was by design. Sometimes I’m overly brief. I rarely (if ever) proofread my emails and other messages. My exact wording was: So, I guess it is either be design that larger partitions do not work on the 16bit kernel

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

Hi Jerome, >> You are welcome to buy me a new harddisk so I can test your >> 100 GB partitions of unspecified geometry, > Wish I could. But, I’m on a budget. I was just trying to emphasize that it is more work for me to recreate your bug context than it would be for you to provide more details

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 8:29 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: > Hi Eric, > > ... > Overall, I think a better solution would be for the kernel team > (PerditionC) to > build the 8086 kernel with a comparable feature set to the 386 kernel > where > possible. > > Maybe the implementation of FAT32 used by the

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

Hi Eric, Although we sometimes (or quite often) disagree on things, you are a very well informed and knowledgeable person and I do respect your opinion. > On Jun 6, 2020, at 7:39 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > >> Current shipping kernels 2042, not modified nor recompiled. > > Shipp

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

Hi Jerome, > Current shipping kernels 2042, not modified nor recompiled. Shipping from where? > FreeDOS LiveCD 1.3-RC3 (Kernel386) > FreeDOS 1.3-RC3 x86-Floppy Edition (Kernel86) > > Issue occurred on real hardware, but is easily reproducible > using VirtualBox (latest 6.1) > > All other dat

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

> On Jun 6, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > >  > Hi Jerome, > > let me summarize: You can fdisk, format and use 100 GB FAT32 LBA > partitions using a certain (which?) version of a non-8086, e.g. > 386 optimized kernel of FreeDOS. However, doing the same on some > (which?) kernel which is

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

I thought I made it clear and easily reproducible for anyone concerned enough to look into the issue. Current shipping kernels 2042, not modified nor recompiled. FreeDOS LiveCD 1.3-RC3 (Kernel386) FreeDOS 1.3-RC3 x86-Floppy Edition (Kernel86) Issue occurred on real hardware, but is easily repr

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

Hi Jerome, let me summarize: You can fdisk, format and use 100 GB FAT32 LBA partitions using a certain (which?) version of a non-8086, e.g. 386 optimized kernel of FreeDOS. However, doing the same on some (which?) kernel which is trying to support 8086, you fail to use FORMAT on said, probably F

[Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

After helping a user on twitter who was having an issue while using the new FreeDOS 1.3-RC3 Floppy Edition, I learned the problem was not in the installer. But, it was a problem in either the 16-bit kernel, fdisk or format command. Let me explain, so someone else can dig into it further and ei