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.


..\\ike

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