said:
Ray,
Thank you for all of the information. Let me digest it in terms of
Steven's reply to my post.
Jack
>jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>>
>> I don't know your Warp 4 configuration.
>W4, run thru UpDateCD, with everything DANI has to offer.
>> Will up2TB.flt will work with my configuration?
>I don't know what all you have. You said W4 with a rather old kernel.
>My suggestion has always been, use the latest DANI and kernel.
>DANIDASD.DMD after 1.50 does not work with some DVD-RW. >
>> I assume the up2TB.flt file goes in c:\os2\boot and the statement,
>> up2TB.flt, goes in config.sys. Am I correct? Are there any
>> limitations on where it goes in config.sys? My thought is to place
>> it at the very end of my present config.sys file. Do you have some
>> other recommendation?
>Are you sure your up2TB.flt is form Dani? Here is what I have. I am
>not using it.
>Ray
>******************
>up2TB.flt -- huge disks support filter driver for OS/2.
>Version 1.0.2
>(c) 2004 by madded2.
>0. About.
>Currently OS/2 DASD subsystem doesn't support disks with capacity more
>than 502 Gb. DaniS506.ADD, the great driver by Daniela Engert
>(http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=danis506), may be used for
>huge IDE/ATA drives to avoid 502 Gb size limitation.
>But there is no solution for large SCSI RAID devices.
>up2TB.flt driver allows to use in OS/2 hard disks of any types with
>capacity up to 2 Terabytes (actually up to 2032 Gb). This is not real
>disk controller driver, but so-called filter driver, that works with
>native hardware .ADD driver. up2TB.flt simply alters CHS disk geometry
>information passed to system (actually to OS2DASD.DMD) so the whole disk
>capacity may be successfully used in OS/2.
>Currently only non-removable HDDs are supported.
>-1. LICENSION / DISCLAIMER.
>up2TB.flt is freeware.
>Inclusion into eComstation or eComstation/rus distributives is
>PROHIBITED!
>YOU ARE USING THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!
>THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
>WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
>MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
>TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
>PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
>REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
>Please send bugreports (if any) to me.
>2. How to use.
>2.0. Please use the most recent versions of OS2KRNL, .ADD, OS2DASD.DMD,
>JFS.IFS, etc.. Install necessary hardware drivers for your HDD
>controller.
>2.1. Copy up2TB.flt into \OS2\BOOT\ directory of system startup drive.
>2.2. Add line "BASEDEV=UP2TB.FLT" into \CONFIG.SYS.
>Optional command line parameter is "/Q" - for quiet driver operation.
>2.3. Reboot with large HDD plugged in.
>2.4. If LVM program can't operate with your disk, use mbrutil\mbrutil.exe
>command-line program to fill HDD's MBR sector with zeros. CAUTION! Use
>with care! Save old MBR to file first! Run mbrutil to see usage help.
>2.5. Use LVM to create volume(s) and format it under JFS file system.
>2.6. Enjoy. Send bunch of money to the author.
>3. Technical information.
>Sorry, not available in english version (too lazy to translate it).
>4. More info.
>Filter writes additional debug information into OS/2 System Trace
>facility.
>To read it, add to your \CONFIG.SYS lines:
>TRACE=ON 66
>TRACEBUF=64
>Copy debug\TRC0042.TFF file into your \OS2\SYSTEM\TRACE\ and run
>\OS2\tracefmt.exe after reboot.
>5. Gratitudes.
>. Mr. Alex-G - for whom this driver was written;
>. Daniela Engert - for her amazing IDE drivers, idea how
> to break the 502 Gb limitation and sources of LBA Assist geometry
> translation algorithm;
>. David Graser & James Moe for help in finding ugly bug;
>. all those crazy schizo people - who keep me using OS/2;
>. The Residents from San Francisco - for their more than 30 years
>incredible
> music and sounds;
>. Pasha, the clown - for his endless great circus show;
>. IBM for OS/2 :-\;
>. BEWARE A NASTY FLOPTOP!
>666. Author.
>name: Stepan Kazakov
>e-mail: madded@mitm.ru
>fido: 2:5050/13.29
>url: http://zuko.mitm.ru
>irc: zuko or [Porno]XPEH at #os2russian channel at efnet irc net.
>Any gifts are accepted in any amount.
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