From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 13:30:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB830106566C for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:30:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 343AB8FC19 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:30:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p1FDUbWP037861; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:30:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p1FDUbCF037860; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:30:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:30:37 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201102151330.p1FDUbCF037860@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <201102151231.p1FCVOLn035604@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-fs User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:30:53 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: ext2fs: ext2 vs. ext3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:30:54 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Ollivier Robert wrote: > > According to Oliver Fromme: > > > because FAT has a 4 GB limit [...] > > > > FAT32 ought to be able to get over that 4 GB limit, does it? > > No, it doesn't, unfortunately. The newer exFAT gets over > the 4 GB limit, but exFAT is not supported by FreeBSD. Just to be clear: I'm talking about file size limit, not volume size limit. All FAT versions up to (and including) FAT32 store the file size in an unsigned 32 bit integer, so the maximum is 4 GB - 1 byte. However, a single HDTV recording can easily exceed 4 GB, so FAT is unsuitable for that purpose. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "I made up the term 'object-oriented', and I can tell you I didn't have C++ in mind." -- Alan Kay, OOPSLA '97