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From: wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM-AT BIOS ROMSREFRESH
Keywords: 3085 Disk Manager
Message-ID: <[2058.16]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP>
Date: 30 Sep 89 13:00:03 GMT
References: <1989Sep19.021545.8110@NCoast.ORG> <280@bmers58.UUCP>
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>Double "Bull hockey".. DMDRVR.BIN is infinitely useful with DOS 3.3, as it
>allows DOS to access multiple partitions of a large hard drive (normally
>DOS 3.3 can only access the boot partition).  It also allows these extended
>partitions to be of any size, no limited to 32MB.  Very useful.  DOS 4.xx
>comes with such support built-in around all of its bugs, so many folks have
>stuck with DM & 3.3.

Look, I don't want to get into 'bull hockey' wars over this trivial stuff
'cuz I read this conference on my own time 'cuz I'm an addict, donchano.

But 'Triple Bull Hockey!!!!'  There.  I've expressed myself.  Get a copy of
'DOS 3.3.  It works.  Honest.  Vanilla 3.3 restricts you to 32 mb in the
first partition, but you can have whatever you want in your second or third,
or...whatever.

Compaq Dos 3.31 will let you have 512 MB in your C: drive if you like. 
That's pretty limiting, I admit, but hey!  These are toy computers, right?

Have they updated DMDRVR.BIN or does it still have the limitations of 32 mb
in your primary partition and up to 255 mb in each 'write-read' partition?

(-8  What I want to know is, if it's so damn good, how come they
*give* it away?  8-)