Re: Can DOS 5.00 be installed on a 10GB disk?


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Posted by SpywareDr on October 13, 2011 at 04:57:55:

In Reply to: Can DOS 5.00 be installed on a 10GB disk? posted by Enrique Stefanini on October 12, 2011 at 10:34:46:

When setting up the partition, make sure you use the "FAT" (FAT16) file system. MS-DOS does not recognize FAT32 (32-bit FAT), HPFS, or NTFS File Systems.

The FAT file system is best for drives and/or partitions under approximately 200 MB, because as the size of the volume increases, performance with FAT will quickly decrease.

Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100108

MS-DOS FAT partitions are limited in size to a maximum of 2 GB.

Maximum Partition Size Using FAT16 File System
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/118335/EN-US

Also see the partition sizes listed in the table under "MS-DOS 4.0" in the following article.

MS-DOS Partitioning Summary
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69912/EN-US

PS - Fdisk can only create only one PRI DOS (Primary DOS) partition on a physical disk.


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