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Accessing SATA devices in DOS (DOSX)

posted by sol, 09.01.2008, 22:30

> why do you think, that FreeDOS doesn't like huge drives ?
> IMO it should support anything up to 2^32 sectors (2TB)

I didn't know it didn't...but any screwup in making sure to use variables that are either unsigned 32-bit or larger could mess up support. So could any additions/multiplications/shifts/whatever that aren't careful to not overflow.

Complete thread:

• Accessing SATA devices in DOS - Japheth, 14.08.2007, 11:58 (DOSX)
  • Accessing SATA devices in DOS - avoskov, 14.08.2007, 19:06
    • Accessing SATA devices in DOS - Japheth, 14.08.2007, 22:18
      • Accessing SATA devices in DOS - DOS386, 16.08.2007, 09:56
        • Accessing SATA devices in DOS - tom, 09.01.2008, 20:38
          • Accessing SATA devices in DOS - sol, 09.01.2008, 22:30
          • Accessing SATA devices in DOS | FreeDOS and 2 TiB size - DOS386, 10.01.2008, 00:47
            • Accessing SATA devices in DOS | FreeDOS and 2 TiB size - tom, 10.01.2008, 20:45
            • Accessing SATA devices in DOS | FreeDOS and 2 TiB size - Steve, 11.01.2008, 00:19