Acer M9N System User Manual page 114

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. The cylinder size 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
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