Re: int0x13 utility for MS-DOS ;o)

Alex Buell (alex.buell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> I recently bought a SATA controller for my old Pentium III box, and
> plugged it in. Hooked up a 120GB SATA hard disk, booted up with MSDOS
> 6.22. Imagine my surprise when MSDOS FDISK refused to create a
> partition larger than 503MB even though it was specifically told it
> could use the large disk feature. Upgrading the SATA controller BIOS
> made no different, it was still a maximum of 503MB. 

> MSDOS boots just fine, it just can't use partitions larger than 503MB
> with that SATA disk and controller. 

> I have MSDOS correctly installed in a 2GB partition on a PATA disk
> connected to the motherboard, so I know the problem isn't with the
> motherboard's BIOS. 
(Snip)

> Fearsome grindings.

***   Enable "LBA" in the CMOS. That will allow MS-DOS to make 2 GB
partitions. For larger partitions, upgrade to DR or Free DOS and enable
FAT 32.

         Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/