[Discussion] DOS Critical Error

[Thomas Clayton]

FAT16 is, I believe, limited to 2.1GB partitions. 

(The REALLY old BIOS limitation from back in DOS's heyday was 512MB TOTAL disk size. That went to 2,048(?)MB then to 8,192MB. After that, a WHOLE different scheme was introduced.)

Tom Clayton

--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Carl Gehr <Carl.Gehr at MCGCG.Com> wrote:

> From: Carl Gehr <Carl.Gehr at MCGCG.Com>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] DOS Critical Error
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 4:27 PM
> 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?
> 
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