Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:29:00 -0700 From: "Brian M. Kincaid" <bmk0@pacbell.net> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: msdosfs fat32 disk size limit in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4265862C.4060504@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <42657CB8.6090801@daleco.biz> References: <42656B69.7070009@pacbell.net> <42657CB8.6090801@daleco.biz>
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Yeah, I already had MSDOSFS_LARGE turned on, and I realize that it's supposed to be an issue if you have bigger than 128GB drives. I'm running 6.0-CURRENT. I'll keep looking... Brian Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Brian M. Kincaid wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Is there an upper limit to the size of a FAT32 file system in the >> FreeBSD msdosfs code? >> I put in an 80GB drive recently and there have been problems. There is >> no problem with small FAT32 file systems on floppies or flash memory >> cards. Any useful comments before I go back to the (working) 60GB >> drive configuration? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian >> > > IANAE, but I think there is; IIRC, though, it's 128 GB unless you have > compiled "MSDOSFS_LARGE"* into your custom kernel, so I can't address > your problem with an 80GB disk.... > > What system are you on (`uname -a`)? > > Kevin Kinsey > > *Or something like that ... check release notes on 5.3, > again, that's if I recall correctly.... >
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