Under Windows 95 OSR2 I can only see the first 8 GB of my 9 GB disk. Whats going on?
The retail version of Windows 95 is limited to 2 GB per partition by the use of the FAT16 filesystem. Since you’re getting more than 2 GB, you must be using a FAT32 filesystem. Using FAT32 with drives larger than 8 GB requires a host adapter that supports the “INT 13 extensions”. If your host adapter was built before about 1996, you may not have this feature. For example Adaptec 2940W Host adapters did not support this. Even the early 2940UW didn’t have it. As of BIOS ver. 1.2x the support is present. Check with your host adapter manufacturer for an updated BIOS. If you hit a limit around 8 GB and you have a caching host adapter, here’s another thing to look at.
