Subj : DOS and HPFS
To : Doug Mccomber
From : Mike Tripp
Date : Mon Jun 11 2012 09:50 am
Hello Doug!
07 Jun 12 08:18, Doug Mccomber wrote to mark lewis:
ml>> ============================================== 2GBFIX is a
ml>> workaround for a problem that occurs in DOS and WIN-OS/2 sessions
ml>> under OS/2 (and possibly other OSes that provide virtual DOS
ml>> sessions) when you have disks or partitions that exceed 2 GB
ml>> (2048 MB) in size.
DM> Thanks Mark. I'll have to give that one a try to see if it solves my
DM> particular issue as that would be better than re-partitioning.
If that doesn't work, SPACEHOG might. It actually fills the extra space with a
hidden file so that free space is <=2gb (no TSR req'd) and resizes the hidden
file as necessary on subsequent runs. It is circa 2000, so don't know if it
might choke on multi-terabyte drives.
