Re: Woody on 486 problem

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:47:05 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

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> On 02/16/07 21:31, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:52:29 -0600, Mike wrote in message 
> > <[🔎] 45D635AD.4000406@sbcglobal.net>:
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> >> Ron Johnson wrote:
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> >>> On 02/16/07 16:22, Mike McCarty wrote:
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> >>>> especially since it can't be done. The smallest disc these
> >>>> days is around 100 Gig. I wonder why it won't run on a 386?
> > 
> > ..you wanna google "2GB limit" "8.4GB limit", "137GB limit", those 
> > old 386 bioses covered those wee old disks waaay back then.  
> 
> I remember the 8.4GB & 137GB limits but not the 2GB limit.  Must
> have been too poor...

There is also a 32GB limit. I have that with a i440BX mainboard that
runs just fine otherwise. Now that the HDD is toast I cant find
replacements as the smallest seem to be 80GB and the BIOS doesn't see
that.

Regards,
Andrei
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