Can I use DOS programs that manipulate files on an HPFS partition
that is greater than 2gb in size?
Hi,
Can I use DOS programs that manipulate files on an HPFS partition that
is
greater than 2gb in size?
Can I use DOS programs that manipulate files on an HPFS partition
that is greater than 2gb in size?
highly unlikely... especially if that DOS program is not specifically coded for handling such large files... such coding is not for the
faint of heart and is relatively new in today's world... i'm not
aware of any DOS programs that can do such...
Can I use DOS programs that manipulate files on an HPFS partition that
is greater than 2gb in size?
I believe you can, as long as that program doesn't check for 'free
space' or anything about drive space. I have a OS2 TSR program
here that that I use that fools DOS programs into thinking there's
always 2gb or less space available.
Can I use DOS programs that manipulate files on an HPFS partition
that is greater than 2gb in size?
I believe you can, as long as that program doesn't check for 'free
space' or anything about drive space. I have a OS2 TSR program
here that that I use that fools DOS programs into thinking there's
always 2gb or less space available.
Interesting. What is the name of that TRS program?
IIRC, it is 2gig or something like that... i use it here, too... in
all my DOS side ops... it does work but not always... for example, i
have the original allfix universal which runs mostly from my DOS side
but it has problems with the disk sizes on my destination drives and reports not enough space for a lot of stuff... even with 2gig in
place... after fighting it quietly for several years, i finally found
a workaround via a command line parameter that seems to handle it...
i've not tried converting that particular bit of my system's
processing to the OS/2 side, though... as it was, i had to move all
of my allfix processing to my midnight maint due to another problem
with my netmail area and"file in use" conflicts that shouldn't have
been happening...
anyway... [searching] ahhh... here it is!
2GBFIX.ZIP 10165 17-Nov-1998 ============================================== 2GBFIX is a workaround
for a problem that occurs in DOS and WIN-OS/2 sessions under OS/2
(and possibly other OSes that provide virtual DOS sessions) when you
have disks or partitions that exceed 2 GB (2048 MB) in size.
Can I use DOS programs that manipulate files on an HPFS partition that
is greater than 2gb in size?
I believe you can, as long as that program doesn't check for 'free
space' or anything about drive space. I have a OS2 TSR program
here that that I use that fools DOS programs into thinking there's
always 2gb or less space available.
Interesting. What is the name of that TRS program?
2GBFIX.ZIP 10165 17-Nov-1998 ============================================== 2GBFIX is a workaround
for a problem that occurs in DOS and WIN-OS/2 sessions under OS/2
(and possibly other OSes that provide virtual DOS sessions) when you
have disks or partitions that exceed 2 GB (2048 MB) in size.
Thanks Mark. I'll have to give that one a try to see if it solves
my particular issue as that would be better than re-partitioning.
============================================== 2GBFIX is a
workaround for a problem that occurs in DOS and WIN-OS/2 sessions
under OS/2 (and possibly other OSes that provide virtual DOS
sessions) when you have disks or partitions that exceed 2 GB
(2048 MB) in size.
Thanks Mark. I'll have to give that one a try to see if it solves my 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.
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.
That's an interesting approach. But I'd have to "waste" 15gb.
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