Subject: Re: Unsuccessful attempt on 1.2 beta scratch-installation
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Tom Hughes <tom@COMPTON.DEMON.CO.UK>
List: port-arm32
Date: 08/11/1996 23:29:48
Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen (thomassk@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) wrote:

> > I'm using a 1.6Gb drive with 3.6 - no problems. Why should 2Gb or 4Gb be
> > significant under 3.6?
> 
> This is because RISC OS 3 v. 3.6 only handles 2048 MB drives.
> Your 1.6GB drive is therefore fully supported in v. 3.6.

Nonsense. RISC OS 3.6 goes much higher that 2GB discs. I can't
remember the exact theoretical limit, but it's large enough
that IIRC Acorn were running a 9GB disc on one machine.

They do reccomend that you don't go too big, as the LFAU will
get so large that you'll waste a lot of space, but it is most
certainly possible.

Tom

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