[Discussion] DOS Critical Error

[Carl Gehr]

One more question:  Doesn't DOS have a maximum partition size?
I know I have had to create a small partition [FAT16] to install
some old Win16 programs because even with an empty, but larger
drive, the installer says there's not enough space.

I don't know what the number is, but I'm sure there are problems
with a size greater than 'n...nMB'.

Carl

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:03:11 -0700 (PDT), Thomas Clayton wrote:

>Brian,
>
>Firstly, Is it an 800 GB or an 80 GB. (Wow. How things have GROWN!)
>
>Secondly, HOW did you partition the drive? (LVM, Part'n. Magic,
>          Part'n Manager)
>
>Thirdly, Besides the Boot Manager partition which HAS TO BE a Primary,
>         what type/kind are the others.
>(Is there an EXTENDED boundary into which some fit and are, therefore, LOGICAL drives?)
>
>Lastly, you're using 'only' 16-17GBs of an 800MB drive. Is that what you bought it for? (to waste space?)  ;-)
>
>Thomas Clayton
>
>
>--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Brian Grawburg <grawburg at myglnc.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Brian Grawburg <grawburg at myglnc.com>
>> Subject: [Discussion] DOS Critical Error
>> To: "POSSI" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
>> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 9:39 AM
>> I have an 800 GB HD partial
>> partitioned. 
>> 7.8 MB (Boot Mgr)
>> 502 MB
>> 3757 MB
>> 6000 MB
>> 6000 MB
>> 
>> I am able to make folders in the last 6K partition and
>> could write some data to it. Now I get this error when I try
>> to save data
>> into new folders I made.  DOS Critical Error, cannot
>> find [here is the folder name].  Anyone understand
>> what's going on?