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Re: Woody on 486 problem



On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:48:36 -0600, Mike wrote in message 
<[🔎] 45DA4564.4070500@sbcglobal.net>:

> Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:52:29 -0600, Mike wrote in message 
> > <[🔎] 45D635AD.4000406@sbcglobal.net>:
> > 
> > 
> >>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.  
> 
> You didn't respond to what I wrote. 

..I beg to differ, I did take your claims of wizardry at face value.

> I didn't allude to a BIOS limit. I alluded to what is available today.
> One cannot get a small disc anymore.

..correct, so my suggestions was meant to point you towards ideas on
challenging hacks to make your 386 accept today's new big disks. ;o)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.




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