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More info?)
Yes, This is what I meant I should have been more clear.
I have a Win2000 Server and would like to have a system
partion larger than 8GB. I know in WinNT this was a
limitation but wasn't sure if this carried over to
Win2000. Its running on a Dell PowerEdge 2600. Any
information would be appreciated.
>-----Original Message-----
>I'm assuming you meant system partition. This could be a
hardware limitation
>and occurs independently of the operating system. This
should not be an
>issue on a newer computer if their BIOS supports INT13
Extensions and this
>feature is turned on, which it is by default. Also this
article may help.
>
>Setup Does Not Check for INT-13 Extensions Before
Creating System Partition
>(Q240672)
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;Q240672
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"Ken" wrote:
>| How large can the boot partition be? I assume it is
>| 8GB...is that a correct assumption.
>
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