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Subject: Re: msdosfs fat32 disk size limit in FreeBSD?
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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....
>