From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 16:27:05 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 2704416A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:27:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nulis.lt (81-7-82-170.ip.takas.lt [81.7.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 862F443D2D for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:27:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@nulis.lt) Received: from saulius-ignalinos-4.tamsa ([10.0.1.1]) by nulis.lt with esmtp (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1COf25-000KIF-9E; Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:27:49 +0200 Message-ID: <4185125C.2050906@nulis.lt> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:27:08 +0200 From: Saulius Menkevicius User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen References: <20041031153941.546a059e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20041031153941.546a059e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 16:27:05 -0000 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >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? > > It support those, you just have to include options MSDOSFS_LARGE in you kernel config file. At least it works for me on 184GB fat32 partition. >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. > >