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Re: Help with 1.2 Gig Hard Drive Limit!

From Martin Byttebier <donotuserthisaddress@invalid.be>
Newsgroups comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject Re: Help with 1.2 Gig Hard Drive Limit!
Date 2023-02-24 17:09 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Op Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:05:24 -0000 (UTC), schreef James Schofield:

> 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?

Well that's good to know I was correct.

CU,
Martin

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Re: Help with 1.2 Gig Hard Drive Limit! James Schofield <bikerbob@gmx.com> - 2023-02-24 06:05 +0000
  Re: Help with 1.2 Gig Hard Drive Limit! Martin Byttebier <donotuserthisaddress@invalid.be> - 2023-02-24 17:09 +0000
    Re: Help with 1.2 Gig Hard Drive Limit! James Schofield <bikerbob@gmx.com> - 2023-02-25 15:10 +0000

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