Can you get around that by using say MEs(MS Dos 8 ) FDISK and FORMAT tools and SETVER?That means that you can manipulate files, but not do an FDISK or FORMAT from DOS 6.22 on a FAT32 drive.
I boot from my ME Startup disk any time I need to access a large HD that DOS 6.22 can't handle. Of course you need to do this on a machine that doesn't have a BIOS limitation that would stymie you as well.Can you get around that by using say MEs(MS Dos 8 ) FDISK and FORMAT tools and SETVER?
Can you get around that by using say MEs(MS Dos 8 ) FDISK and FORMAT tools and SETVER?
By all accounts MEs FDISK and FORMAT commands deals with larger Fat32 formatted drives better than Win95/98s commands do. There's plenty of forum discussions regarding this. There's a few readily available customised boot disks and an option for those that don't do Linux.Well, the DOS from Win95 OSR2 would accomplish the same thing. ME is still a stinking steaming pile IMOHO.
I was going to add just that phrase to my comment above but I didn't want Chuck to end his nap prematurely. As it turned out...Who'd thought ME would turn out to be so useful ah? .
I was going to add just that phrase to my comment above but I didn't want Chuck to end his nap prematurely. As it turned out...
Now you've given me a wicked idea. How about pairing this MS DOS 8 with an XTIDE? Might be interesting... running ME's DOS on an XT.Wonder if anyone has made a bare bones MS Dos 8 system.
I think MS-DOS 7.0 and later checks for a 386 and fails to boot if not present. I bet there is a lot of 386 instructions in DOS 7.1's FAT32 code.Now you've given me a wicked idea. How about pairing this MS DOS 8 with an XTIDE? Might be interesting... running ME's DOS on an XT.