FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: 32 bit dos info wanted

["Ron Clarke" <ariadne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi Brian,

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:39:54 -0500, Brian C. Murphy wrote:
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> Thanks to Udo for his comments in response to my enquiry about a viable 
> 32 bit DOS that would run both old and new DOS software without 
> complaint, and would address more than 8 mb of hard drive (not RAM, as I 
> erroneously said via a slip of the finger and brain).
> Udo said that FreeDos 1.0 can address more than 8 mb of hard drive, but 
> the freedos people said it could not address more than 8 mb of hard 
> drive.  Whatever more potent DOS I try, I want to be able to address up 
> to at leas 20 or 30 mb of hard drive.
> I am planning on buying a used portable with 20 - 30 gb of hard drive 
> space for the purpose of experimenting with running DOS and using hard 
> drive space beyond 8 mb.

  Why would you want to have such a large partition ?

  I have machines with very large hard drives in them, but for my DOS use
I split them up into partitions that my DOS can handle.

   I don't need a 32-bit DOS for that.  And all my DOS programs run
perfectly well.

Regards,
         Ron


Ron Clarke
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