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 Message 96 
 Mike Tripp to Doug Mccomber 
 DOS and HPFS 
 11 Jun 12 09:50:13 
 
Hello Doug!

07 Jun 12 08:18, Doug Mccomber wrote to mark lewis:

 ml>> ============================================== 2GBFIX is a
 ml>> workaround for a problem that occurs in DOS and WIN-OS/2 sessions
 ml>> under OS/2 (and possibly other OSes that provide virtual DOS
 ml>> sessions) when you have disks or partitions that exceed 2 GB
 ml>> (2048 MB) in size.

 DM> Thanks Mark.  I'll have to give that one a try to see if it solves my
 DM> particular issue as that would be better than re-partitioning.

If that doesn't work, SPACEHOG might.  It actually fills the extra space with
a hidden file so that free space is <=2gb (no TSR req'd) and resizes the
hidden file as necessary on subsequent runs.  It is circa 2000, so don't know
if it might choke on multi-terabyte drives.


.\\ike

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