garvin@uhccux.UUCP (Jay Garvin) (04/04/88)
I have a friend who has a 40meg hard disk on his pc, but doesn't have the partitioning software, so he can only use 32megs out of the 40. Wasting that 8megs is kind of a shame, so I was wondering if there is any partitioning software out there. I know there are several commercial packages available for about $60 bucks or so, but I was wondering if anybody out there decided to tackle the problem themselves and write a PD or shareware program to do this. Does anybody know of one? Aloha, -Jay +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jeffrey Jay Garvin _ | | Computer Specialist __| | _ Aloha! | | Interactive Services |__ |_| |__ | | University of Hawaii ____| ____| garvin@uhccux.BITNET | | Computing Center |__ _ |__ | | 2565 The Mall |_| | __| garvin@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu | | Keller Hall Rm 201 |_| | | Honolulu, HI 96822 USA | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) (04/05/88)
IN article <1721@uhccux.UUCP>, garvin@uhccux.UUCP (Jay Garvin) wrote: > I have a friend who has a 40meg hard disk on his pc, but doesn't have > the partitioning software, so he can only use 32megs out of the 40. Use Compaq's current Mess-Dos. It supports the full 40meg in one partition: no barrier at 32meg. I understand it works great. Anyone know what the limit to a partition size under Compaq's DOS is? -- James R. Van Artsdalen jva@astro.as.utexas.edu "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746
lupin3@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (-=/ Larry Hastings /=-) (04/06/88)
+-In article <1460@bigtex.uucp>, james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) wrote:- +---------- | | IN article <1721@uhccux.UUCP>, garvin@uhccux.UUCP (Jay Garvin) wrote: | > I have a friend who has a 40meg hard disk on his pc, but doesn't have | > the partitioning software, so he can only use 32megs out of the 40. | | Use Compaq's current Mess-Dos. It supports the full 40meg in one partition: | no barrier at 32meg. I understand it works great. Anyone know what the | limit to a partition size under Compaq's DOS is? | -- | James R. Van Artsdalen jva@astro.as.utexas.edu "Live Free or Die" | +---------- Compaq's Dos allows you to double the size of the partition, at the cost of doubling the minimum size of a file. In a normal partition (normal MS-DOS) the max partition is 32Meg, and the minimum filesize is 2k (i.e. if you have a file that's less than 2k, it takes up 2k anyways). If you double the partition to 64Meg, then the smallest file is 4k. I believe you can double the partition a couple of times; though there's no reason to do it more than 3 times anyways (right now, that is). _Get_ the partitioning software... -- /|\ /|\ .. . . . . . . . . . . | |\| |\| .. . . . . . . . . . . |/|\|/|\|/|| _ _ _ _ |_| _ _ |_ -__ _ _ARPA: lupin3@ucscb.ucsc.EDU | |/| |/|L_ (_\( ( (_/ | |(_\_) (_ || )(_)_)UUCP: *!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!lupin3 \|/ \|/ larry / hastings _/ BITNET: lupin3@ucscb@ucscc.BITNET MetaWare Inc "I saved Esquire readers from exploding pies." --Michael J. Fox Sail the High C! Disclaimer:[MetaWare, UCSC] -> opinion != lhastings -> opinion
hans@let.vu.nl (Hans Varkevisser) (04/07/88)
The fdisk program in PC-DOS 3.3, MSDOS 3.3 and Olivetti(AT) 3.2 does support Harddisk < 32 Mb. You can creat a partition for say 20 MB the second partition 20 MB and use it like C: and D: ( if the HD is C:) or D: and E: if th e HD is D: Greetings Hans Varkevisser -- # # # # --------------------------------------------------------- # # # # |Hans Varkevisser (system administrator) Free University| # # # # | Faculty of Literature, Amsterdam, the Netherlands | ## ## ---------------------------------------------------------