Acer Altos 900 Pro User Manual page 98

When to Use the Extended Translation
NetWare 386 (version 3.0 and above) and the version of UNIX do
not share the 1024 cylinder limit of DOS and do not require extended
translation to support large disk drives and should not be enabled.
DRIVES WITH MIXED PARTITIONS
Use standard translation (not extended translation) on drive formatted
with two or more partitions for different operating systems. Partitions
for UNIX and NetWare can be larger than 1 GB when using standard
translation.
The term UNIX, as used here includes all
version of AT&T/USL UNIX, SCO v3.2.4 (or
later), and ISC v3.0 (or later).
TO install a new disk, or to re-partition an existing disk, use the
FDISK DOS utility as you normally would.
increases to 8 MB when you enable extended translation. The size of
the partition you request must therefore be a multiple of 8 MB. If you
request a partition size that is not a multiple of 8 MB, FDISK rounds
up to the nearest whole multiple of 8 MB.
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WITH DOS 5.0 AND ABOVE
USING FDISK
The cylinder size
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