From: "Ben Peddell" <killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: Partition/Cluster problem with sources...
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 02:11:35 +1000
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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What version of DOS are you using?
DOS 7.0+ can use FAT32, and you don't need Windows to use it. (My boot drive
is a 6GB FAT32 drive, and I have no problems with it.
If your DOS supports FAT32, you'll get asked whether you want to enable
large disk support when you run FDISK.

Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in message
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> Michelle Konzack <dos DOT mailinglists AT freenet DOT de> wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > because I run DJGPP under 100% dos only, I am limited to around
> > 65536 Clusters. I have following Partitions:
>
> > hda1    c       MD-DOS + DJGPP          128 MBytes      4 kB/Cluster
> > hda5    d       swappartition            64 MBytes      4 kB/Cluster
> > hda6    e       tmp                     128 MBytes      4 kB/Cluster
>
> > hda8    f       [free]                  128 Mbytes      4 kB/Cluster
> > hda9    g       [free]                  128 Mbytes      4 kB/Cluster
> > hda7    h       /usr/src  [my sources]  256 MBytes      8 kB/Cluster
>
> On a multi-partitioned system, I don't think it's a very good idea at
> all to have any part of DJGPP (except maybe CWSDPMI.EXE) on C:.  You
> have lots of partitions --- use them.
>
> I'd move the DJGPP to F:, wholesale, and the DJGPP sources, if any, to
> G:
>
> And avoid having all DJGPP sources in unpacked form at the same time,
> let alone complete with .o files.
>
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.