Here is an edited output of three DIR commands on C: (502 MB), D:
(1004 MB), and E: (1200 MB).


epm: F:\ >dir c:

Répertoire C:\

C 1 05-02-28 17:28
2097119 K octet(s) disponible(s)

epm: F:\ >dir d:

Répertoire D:\

D 1 05-02-28 17:28
2097053 K octet(s) disponible(s)

epm: F:\ >dir e:

Répertoire E:\

E 1 05-02-28 17:29
1258225 K octet(s) disponible(s)

Why does DIR «see» almost 2 GB free in the first two partitions?
Why does DIR give the right value for the third partition?

I tried to reformat, and FORMAT «sees» the C partition as an almost 2
GB sized partition!
Where does FORMAT pick up the partition size?
How can I correct the problem? I did not use the /L option because I
was afraid FORMAT would format beyond the partition boundary.


There is no doubt about the partition sizes. Here is the output of
both FDISK and DFSOS2.

epm: F:\ >fdisk /query


Unité Nom Partition TypeV TypeSF Etat Début Taille

1 0000003f : 1 0a 2 0 7
1 DOS+WIN C: 1 06 1 7 502
1 000fef40 D: 2 06 0 509 1004
1 002f4fc0 E: 2 06 0 1514 1200
1 OS2 WARP F: 2 07 1 2714 800
1 006dd1ff G: 2 07 0 3514 1506
1 009ce2bf H: 2 07 0 5020 2000
1 Fedora : 2 83 1 7020 1004
1 00fac57e I: 2 07 0 8024 8001
1 01f4ce7a : 2 82 0 16025 502
1 02047eba : 2 83 0 16527 2000
1 024300f9 J: 2 07 0 18528 8001
1 033d09f5 K: 2 07 0 26529 8001
1 043712f1 L: 2 07 0 34530 8001
1 05311bed M: 2 07 0 42531 8001
1 062b24e9 N: 2 07 0 50532 8001
1 07252da6 : 3 00 0 58533 17759
**BIOS:8032MB

DFSOS2 output:
DFSee OS/2 7.00 : executing: part
Execute timestamp : Monday 28-02-2005 17:22:58
+---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+----------+
--------+
|ID |Dr|Type, description|ux|Format |Related |VolumeLabel|BM-Name
|Size MiB|
+---+--<disk 1>---</dev/hda>--------+--------+-----------<Disk1 -
76>--------+
|01>| |Prim 0a IBM-BMGR | 1|BMGR |FDISK |I13X-aware | |
7.8|
|02*|C:|Prim 06 FAT16 | 3|FAT |IBM 4.50|DOS+WINDOWS|BMOS+WIN|
502.0|
|03 |D:|Log 06 FAT16 | 5|FAT |IBM 4.50|DOS APPLICA| |
1004.0|
|04 |E:|Log 06 FAT16 | 6|FAT |IBM 20.0|DOS DONNEES| |
1200.1|
|05*|F:|Log 07 Inst-FSys| 7|HPFS |OS2 20.0|OS2 WARP |BM:OS2 WAR|
800.0|
|06 |G:|Log 07 Inst-FSys| 8|HPFS |OS2 20.0|OS2 APPLICA| |
1506.0|
|07 |H:|Log 07 Inst-FSys| 9|HPFS |IBM 4.50|OS2 DONNEES| |
2000.2|
|08*| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|10|unknown |Linux | |BM:Fedora |
1004.0|
|09 |I:|Log 07 Inst-FSys|11|HPFS |IBM 4.50|COPIE D | |
8001.0|
|10 | |Log 82 Solar/SWP|12|SWAP |Linux | | |
502.0|
|11 | |Log 83 LinuxNatv|13|unknown |Linux | | |
2000.2|
|12 |J:|Log 07 Inst-FSys|14|HPFS |IBM 4.50|COPIE E | |
8001.0|
|13 |K:|Log 07 Inst-FSys|15|HPFS |IBM 4.50|EXTRA HPFS | |
8001.0|
|14 |L:|Log 07 Inst-FSys|16|HPFS |IBM 4.50|OS2 FP15 | |
8001.0|
|15 |M:|Log 07 Inst-FSys|17|HPFS |IBM 4.50|OS2 S3 | |
8001.0|
|16 |N:|Log 07 Inst-FSys|18|HPFS |IBM 4.50| | |
8001.0|
|17 | |FreeSpace Pri/Log| |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -| |
17759.3|
+---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+----------+
--------+

I studied the partition table chain with the help of the WALK command
output of DFSOS2, and it appears OK to me.

What is wrong?

Let me add that my machine BIOS does not see beyond 8 GB. Could it be
part of the problem?

Thank you very much in advance for any suggestion.

--
Jean Castonguay
Électrocommande Pascal