Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:30:42 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ext2fs: ext2 vs. ext3 Message-ID: <20110215123042.00005182@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20110215121917.GA12068@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> References: <201102141543.p1EFhKwi087340@lurza.secnetix.de> <20110215121917.GA12068@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:19:17 +0100 Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> wrote: > According to Oliver Fromme: > > because FAT has a 4 GB limit and NTFS is unsupported on > > FreeBSD for practical purposes. > > FAT32 ought to be able to get over that 4 GB limit, does it? FAT32 has a file size limit of 4 GB and can support large volumes but I think Windows (XP at least) refuses to format volumes over 32 GB. The Microsoft KB article about FAT32 limits: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463 How to format a drive > 32 GB: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/format-large-hard-drive-fat-fat32/ -- Bruce Cran
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