Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!David_J_Buerger From: David_J_Buerger@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Updating DOS on a harddisk Message-ID: <1722@cup.portal.com> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 22:40:52 EST Article-I.D.: cup.1722 Posted: Tue Dec 1 22:40:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 16:52:51 EST References: <3418@ece-csc.UUCP> <63200007@convex> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 12 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.1820 A few people have written concerning updating a hard disk from DOS 2.x to DOS 3.x. Yes, you must reformat the hard disk with 3.x to take advantage of the 2K cluster size, BUT only AFTER you remove the DOS 2.x partition(s) with the DOS 2.x FDISK program, and then create a new partition(s) with the DOS 3.x FDISK program. If you simply reformat the DOS 2.x hard disk with DOS 3.x you will not get the smaller cluster size. DOS 2.x's cluster size is 8K. David J. Buerger dbuerger@scu.bitnet