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Re: Help with 1.2 Gig Hard Drive Limit!

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I switched  from my old aioe server to antoher, and it downloaded this
thread as new.. lol.. I had no idea I was answering a 20 year old
thread.. OR that you would be here to see my response. Thats funny.

James (Bikerbob)

Martin Byttebier wrote:
>
> 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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