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Re: Help with 1.2 Gig Hard Drive Limit!

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Yes you are correct. HDDriver will see the full drive, but you will
have to partition it to whatever OS you use. TOS is limited to Approx
500mb partitions. Other OS can have different sizes, HDDriver supports
almost all combinations out there.

Martin Byttebier wrote:
>
> Op Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:56:59 +0200, schreef Uwe Seimet:
>
>> Bravo Sierra Computers wrote:
>> 
>>> I use a Link 2 with ICD Pro Utilities on my Mega ST4. Upgrading to a Link
>>> 97 isnt an option. Neither is switching from ICD's software. What I want
>>> to know: Is it true the capacity I can't exceed is 1.2 Gig. I want to use
>>> a SeaGate ST-11200N. Please E-Mail me.
>> 
>> With HDDRIVER there is no limit to the hard disk capacity with the Link 
>> 2. You can try the demo version on 
>> http://www.seimet.de/hddriver_english.html.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that so that HDDriver alone isn't
> enough. PlainTOS can't cope with large partitions. One need FreeMiNT or
> MagiC aswell. Correct?
>
> CU,
> Martin
>
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