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Date:	Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:32:57 PDT7
From:	Wayne <waynec@linkline.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: large hard drive

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Sandy Shapiro wrote:

>In <434BF4DB.8060402@charter.net>, on 10/11/05
> at 10:22 AM, Ray Davison said:
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>>Sandy Shapiro wrote:
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>>>In <434BE223.5060402@charter.net>, on 10/11/05
>>> at 09:02 AM, Ray Davison said:
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>>>>What is the largest FAT32 partition you are trying to make?
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>>>>Ray
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>>>200 GB
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>>Try something below 120G. IMHO 200G as a single partition is
>>unmanageable anyway. And first create a 200G extended.
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>Hi Ray,
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>That doesn't seem to help.
>
>If I format the drive as NTFS, I can read it under OS/2. If I format it as
>FAT32, even with two partitions -- 120 and 80 -- I cannot access it under
>OS/2. I get the error message "not formatted correctly."
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>Is there something about OS/2 that I need to fix?
>
>Thanks,
>Sandy
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Sandy, are you creating the partitions under OS/2 or under WinXP? I had some similar problems some time back and I can't recall them in detail, but my problem revolved around partition codes. If you're creating the partitions under WinXP, an extended partition may be given a partition code of "F" rather than "5"; OS/2 requires a "5" whereas WinXP will accept either a "F" or a "5". HPFS and NTFS both use partition code "7".

You can use DFSEE to look at the partition codes and to change them;
experimenting shouldn't be a problem since you aren't yet using the drive.

Wayne

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sandy Shapiro wrote:

In <434BF4DB.8060402@charter.net>, on 10/11/05 
   at 10:22 AM, Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net> said:



  

Sandy Shapiro wrote:
    

In <434BE223.5060402@charter.net>, on 10/11/05 
   at 09:02 AM, Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net> said:


      

What is the largest FAT32 partition you are trying to make?
        

Ray
        

200 GB
      

Try something below 120G.  IMHO 200G as a single partition is 
unmanageable anyway.  And first create a 200G extended.
    

Hi Ray,

That doesn't seem to help.

If I format the drive as NTFS, I can read it under OS/2. If I format it as
FAT32, even with two partitions -- 120 and 80 -- I cannot access it under
OS/2. I get the error message "not formatted correctly."

Is there something about OS/2 that I need to fix?

Thanks,
Sandy

  

Sandy, are you creating the partitions under OS/2 or under WinXP? I had some similar problems some time back and I can't recall them in detail, but my problem revolved around partition codes. If you're creating the partitions under WinXP, an extended partition may be given a partition code of "F" rather than "5"; OS/2 requires a "5" whereas WinXP will accept either a "F" or a "5". HPFS and NTFS both use partition code "7". 

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