From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 14:39:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53DC816A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:39:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD17F43D41 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:39:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no (151.80-202-173.nextgentel.com [80.202.173.151]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with SMTP id 646DF33F3 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:40:35 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:39:41 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20041031153941.546a059e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq;m"_0v;~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: msdosfs - support for large disks? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:39:59 -0000 Hello, I was trying to find out the current status of support for large MS-DOS disks (well, filesystems, perhaps) in -stable (and 5.3). I checked mount_msdosfs(8), msdosfs(5), fsck_msdosfs(8), newfs_msdos(8), the Handbook and the FAQ. Nowhere could I find any statement as to what size disk / filesystem is supported. From some Google searches, it seems like the limit used to be (and perhaps still is?) 128GB. Is this still true, or will 5.3 and later support larger msdosfs file systems? The reason I ask is of course interopability of external hard drives with other operating system (like Windows). Personally, I wish the world would adopt a portable and free standard for filesystems to be used on external drives. one that would support large disks for at least ten years from now. Oh well, a man can dream. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway